Tago Island

Tago
Tago
Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates 11°14′23″N 123°7′59″E / 11.23972°N 123.13306°E / 11.23972; 123.13306Coordinates: 11°14′23″N 123°7′59″E / 11.23972°N 123.13306°E / 11.23972; 123.13306
Archipelago Concepcion Islands
Adjacent bodies of water Visayan Sea
Highest elevation 170 m (560 ft)
Administration
Region Western Visayas
Province Iloilo
Municipality Concepcion

Tago Island is a mountain, which is also the eponymous whole island, in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is part of the municipality of Concepcion.

Location and geography

Mount Tago, covering the whole Tago Island, is east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea. Part of the Concepcion Islands, Tago is 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) west of Igbon Island and southwest of Pan de Azucar Island.[1] Tago and Pan de Azucar are separated by the impassable Pan Pass. Tago is 170 metres (560 ft) at its highest point.[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. 225. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands" (PDF). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008. p. 92. Retrieved 17 June 2014.


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