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| 1 | Luzon ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 865 Lat/Lng : 16.075 / 121.0031 | Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. It is ranked 15th largest in the world by land area. Located in the northern region of the archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, (...) | |
| 2 | Philippines ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 14.5889 / 120.9715 | The Philippines (; or '), officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and (...) | |
| 3 | Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 24.21 / 144.1067 | A total solar eclipse occurred on July 22, 2009. It was the longest total solar eclipse during the 21st century. It lasted a maximum of 6 minutes and 39 seconds off the coast of Southeast Asia, causing tourist interest in eastern China, Pakistan, Japan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. (...) | |
| 4 | SS President Hoover ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 22.68 / 121.47 | SS President Hoover was a Dollar Steamship Lines ocean liner. She was completed in 1930 and provided a trans-Pacific service between the USA and the Far East. In 1937 she ran aground on an island off Formosa (now known as Taiwan) during a typhoon and was declared a total loss (...) | |
| 5 | Ōryoku Maru ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 14.8132 / 120.285 | was a Japanese passenger cargo ship which was commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II as a troop transport and prisoner of war (POW) transport ship. Japanese POW transport ships are often referred to as hell ships, due to their notoriously unpleasant conditions and the many (...) | |
| 6 | Battle of Bataan ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 438 Lat/Lng : 14.6667 / 120.417 | The Battle of Bataan (Filipino: Labanan sa Bataan) (7 January – 9 April 1942) represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. In January 1942, forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded Luzon along with several islands in the (...) | |
| 7 | August 1965 ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 15.1667 / 117.6667 | The following events occurred in August 1965: (...) | |
| 8 | Subic Bay International Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 14.7944 / 120.2714 | Subic Bay International Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Look ng Subic) or SBIA serves as a secondary airport and a main diversion airport of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It is also the airport serving the immediate area of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, the municipality of (...) | |
| 9 | Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 14.8173 / 120.2807 | The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority is governmental agency of the Philippine government.http://www.mysubicbay.com.ph/about-ushttp://www.worldportsource.com/ports/PHL_Port_of_Subic_Bay_3512.php Sometimes abbreviated as SBMA, the agency has played a significant part in the development of the Subic (...) | |
| 10 | Redondo Peninsula ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 14.5018 / 120.1057 | The Redondo Peninsula is a short mountainous peninsula extending about 15 kilometers (9 miles) to the south of Zambales on western Luzon in the Philippines. It separates Subic Bay and the coasts around the Subic Bay Metropolitan Area of Subic and Olongapo from the South China Sea (...) | |