Antonia Island

This article is about the island also known as Cabugao Gamay. For the municipality named Cabugao, see Cabugao.

Antonia Island, locally known as Cabugao Gamay [lit. 'Little Cabugao'] because of the bigger island north of it named Cabugao that locals refer to as Cabugao Daku [lit. 'Big Cabugao'], is a small, uninhabited island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. Along with Bantigui Island and Cabugao Island, it is one of three minor southern islets in the Islas de Gigantes archipelago.

Antonia Island

Native name: Cabugao Gamay
Antonia Island Location within the Philippines
Geography
Location	Visayan Sea
Coordinates	11°34′5″N 123°20′52″E
Archipelago	Islas de Gigantes
Highest elevation	357 ft (108.8 m)[1]
Administration
Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Iloilo
Municipality	Carles
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

The island is a well-known location in the archipelago, referred to as "selfie island" because of its viewpoint overlooking the island's center beaches and the hill with vegetation at its southern end.^[2]

Location and geography

Cabugao Gamay is a small island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) south of Gigantes Sur and is part of the Islas de Gigantes island group.^[1] Cabugao Gamay is a widely photographed island in Islas de Gigantes and is often part of island-hopping tours of the archipelago. It features two white sand beaches that form like a sandbar connecting two islets.

See also

• Islands portal

• List of islands in the Philippines
• List of islands
• Desert island