Sombrero Island (Iloilo)

Sombrero
Sombrero
Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates 11°15′37″N 123°10′33″E / 11.26028°N 123.17583°E / 11.26028; 123.17583Coordinates: 11°15′37″N 123°10′33″E / 11.26028°N 123.17583°E / 11.26028; 123.17583
Archipelago Concepcion Islands
Adjacent bodies of water Visayan Sea
Administration
Region Western Visayas
Province Iloilo
Municipality Concepcion

Sombrero (variously Sombrero Islet) is a small, cone-shaped island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Concepcion.

Location and geography

Sombrero Island is east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea. Part of the Concepcion Islands, Sombrero is southeast of Pan de Azucar Island by less than 0.40 kilometres (.25 mi). A sandbar connects Sombrero to Pan de Azucar at low tide. Sombrero is a wooded island and is 549 feet (167 m) at its highest point.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman (1919). United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 224. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands" (PDF). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008. p. 92. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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