Mavulis

Mavulis Island is the northernmost of the Batanes Islands and the northernmost island in the Philippines. It is part of the province of Batanes.The island is vegetated by mangrove, vuyavuy palms and other native shrubs, and is part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc. The island is uninhabited but it is frequently visited by local fishermen (mostly from Itbayat) for fishing adventures.Alternative namesOlder Batan natives was also called the island Dihami, meaning "north" in Ivatan. By some members of the Spanish colonial government it was called Diami, and it is known as Yami or Y'Ami on most American Colonial Era maps of the Philippines.The latter should not be confused with the aboriginal Yami of Taiwan that live on islands farther north beyond Philippine territorial limits, but are geographically, culturally and linguistically related to the Ivatan people.