Palaui Island

Palaui Island is one of the islands in the Philippines, located off the northeastern extremity of Luzon Island, the largest island in the country.GeographyPalaui Island lies off the northwestern part of a large promontory in San Vicente, in the municipality of Santa Ana, Cagayan province. It is 10km at its longest and about 5km at its widest and moderately high. The western shore of the island appears bold, but on the eastern side, a reef projects from its side for 2.4km, the edge of it being 0.8km from and extending around the small islet of Escucha, east of Palaui. The Dos Hermanos rocky islets lie off Cape Engaño, in the northern point of Palaui, and there are some rocks off the northeast point of the island, about 1.6km eastward of the cape. Gran Laja island, a low rock islet surrounded by breakers, is one of the rocks located northeast off Palaui.At the southwest end of Palaui Island is Puerto Point, a high, wooded bluff. East of the point and south of Palaui is Rona Island, a low, wooded island with a white base of sand and rocks. Escucha Island is a high and wooded islet east of Palaui, and beyond Rona Island when seen from southwestward through the channel between Palaui Island and the mainland, where a few more islets are located.Flora and faunaPalaui Island was declared as a National Marine Reserve in August 28, 1994 encompassing an area of 7145ha. The waters around the island boast of 21 commercial species of fishes with about 50ha of undisturbed corals.