Barit
  Barit Location within the Philippines | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°52′10″N 121°15′23″E / 18.86944°N 121.25639°E |
| Archipelago | Babuyan Islands |
| Adjacent to | Babuyan Channel |
| Area | 700 ha (1,700 acres)[1] |
| Administration | |
| Region | Cagayan Valley |
| Province | Cagayan |
| Municipality | Aparri |
| Barangay | Fuga Island |
| Additional information | |
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Barit (historically Bari)[2] 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
[edit]Barit Island is north of Luzon Island in the Luzon Strait. Part of the Babuyan Islands, Barit is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) west of nearby Fuga Island. Mabag Island is only 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Barit.[3] There is a small airstrip on Barit.[4] Barit was owned by Chinese-Filipino businessman Tan Yu, who purchased the island in 1990.[1] Barit is currently administered by Barit Island Holdings, a subsidiary of Yu's Asiaworld Internationale.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Antonio Lopez. "Entrepreneurs - From Backwater to Fantasy Isle After a Near-Death Experience, a Filipino-Chinese Tycoon Makes an Audacious Move". Asiaweek.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman (1919). United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 42. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands" (PDF). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008. p. 6. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Barit Airstrip". PilotNav. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Mary Ann Ll. Reyes. "Asiaworld, Sta Lucia tie up on bay project". Philstar. Retrieved 24 June 2014.