Dalupiri Island

Dalupiri Island is an island in the Babuyan Islands in Luzon Strait north of Luzon Island in the Philippines. The whole island makes up the barangay of Dalupiri, which is part of the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan province, which had 606 inhabitants in 2007. The island can reached by boat from the Port of Aparri.GeographyDalupiri Island lies about 45km north of Luzon and about 15km north of Fuga Island. The island has an elongated elliptical shape orientated along a north-south axis, the island has a length of about 18km, with a width of about 7km at its widest point. The topography of the island is characterized by a flat hilly landscape, in the center of the island, the terrain rises to 297m above sea level. The island has an area of 166sqkm. The longest river of the island is the Manolong River, about 2.5 km long.The vegetation of the island consists partly of dense, tropical vegetation, and partly agricultural land. The largest animals on the island are the Carabao and horses. A small population of the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is also native to the island. Of the avifauna is nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) and the Zebra Ralle (Gallirallus torquatus) both are known to breed on the island.