Barit Island
Sign in to saveAlso known as Barit
Barit (historically Bari) is a small, wooded, privately owned island in northern Cagayan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of Barangay Fuga Island in the municipality of Aparri.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Babuyan Islands
- Country
- Philippines
- Area
- 700
- Elevation
- 24
- Body of water
- Babuyan Channel
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Location and geography
- See also
- References
Barit (historically Bari) is a small, wooded, privately owned island in northern Cagayan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of Barangay Fuga Island in the municipality of Aparri.
== Location and geography == Barit Island is north of Luzon Island in the Luzon Strait. Part of the Babuyan Islands, Barit is west of nearby Fuga Island. Mabag Island is only from Barit. There is a small airstrip on Barit. Barit was owned by Chinese-Filipino businessman Tan Yu, who purchased the island in 1990. Barit is currently administered by Barit Island Holdings, a subsidiary of Yu's Asiaworld Internationale.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barit Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations