Number Of Philippines Islands Increase

[Jollygoodfellow]

Just so happens I purchased one of these islands that I intend to sell. If anyones interested just let me know. So there's no time wasters the price is 4million Peso.

 

 

Philippines has 400 more islands than thought — mapping agency

 

More than 400 previously “unknown” islands in the Philippines have been found, the country’s environment and mapping officials say.

Environment Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje revealed this in his speech at the Philippine Environment Summit at the SMX Convention Center in Manila on Wednesday, according to a report of the Business Mirror.

Paje said the 400 islands were found in various parts of the country by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Namria), raising the total to about 7,500, from the previously known 7,100.

 

Jose Cabanayan Jr., a deputy administrator of Namria, told Business Mirror that the “unknown” islands were detected with the use of a sophisticated gadget called Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR).

Cabanayan said that most of the additional islands were found in Mindanao, the southernmost of the three major island groups of the Philippines.

He said a landmass is considered an island “if it is above sea level and high tide at any given time, and can support either plant of animal life, or both.” 

He explained that the new islands were previously believed to be part of a bigger island, but by using IfSAR, Namria was able to count them as separate land masses surrounded by bodies of water.

 

Of the previously known 7,100 islands, only about 2,000 are inhabited and some 5,000 have no names.

The Philippines are divided into three island groups — Luzon in the north, Visayas in the center, and Mindanao in the south.

The biggest island is Luzon, which is also considered the world’s 15th largest island at 109,965 square kilometers and 4th most populated.

Mindanao comes next as the biggest, followed by Samar, Negros, Palawan and Panay, Mindoro, Leyte, Cebu and Bohol, all in the central area of the archipelago.

 

http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/878901

[RonHenk]

Just so happens I purchased one of these islands that I intend to sell. If anyones interested just let me know. So there's no time wasters the price is 4million Peso.

 

I happen to have a bridge in Brooklyn NY. It's a toll bridge. Good money maker. I would be willing to trade. I can have the paper work done for a nominal fee of $500 US. Let me know and I'll PM you my Paypal account.

[robert k]

Maybe I will just squat on one of the 5k uninhabited islands. :thumbsup:

 

As an aside for Ron, the US government does have some bridges that they will sell you for $1. You can make them toll bridges if you like. The catch is that you must maintain them and many are needing repairs right now.

Edited February 13, 2016 by robert k

[Dave Hounddriver]

Maybe I will just squat on one of the 5k uninhabited islands.

 

I've wondered about that.  There is an island only 25 meters off shore, sometimes.  It comes and goes with the shifting tides so everytime it washes away and then comes back it must be a new island so no-one could own it, I would think.

 

So a person could build it up a bit by dredging up some of the nearby sand and putting a retaining wall around to stop it from washing away.  There is access by vehicle at low tide and its always accessible if you wanted to walk through a foot or two of water.  It interests me every time I walk by there.

[robert k]

 

Maybe I will just squat on one of the 5k uninhabited islands.

 

I've wondered about that.  There is an island only 25 meters off shore, sometimes.  It comes and goes with the shifting tides so everytime it washes away and then comes back it must be a new island so no-one could own it, I would think.

 

So a person could build it up a bit by dredging up some of the nearby sand and putting a retaining wall around to stop it from washing away.  There is access by vehicle at low tide and its always accessible if you wanted to walk through a foot or two of water.  It interests me every time I walk by there.

 

Of course I was just kidding Dave. The amount of work and the logistics required to live even the Gilligan's Island lifestyle would be prohibitive. I've seen pictures of an uninhabited island off Cebu that boats just make day trips to that looks rather nice. Above water all the time too.

[Dave Hounddriver]

Of course I was just kidding Dave

 

For me, I'd say its more fantasizing.  With an island that is practically at sea level it would only take one big storm to wash away everything I had built.  But its a nice fantasy.

[afathertobe]

I never quite understood the appeal of such tiny islands. No freshwater, no electricity, no food, no infrastructure.. so what's the point of living on one unless you are so filthy rich you can convert it to your own resort and ship everything over on a daily basis? These tropic tiny islands are among the very last places on earth I'd like to live on.

[mogo51]

Ahh the human mind!  What it can conjure up is quite amazing - we have masters of the craft here!!! Rbinson Crusoe beware.

[Gerald Glatt]

So a person could build it up a bit by dredging up some of the nearby sand and putting a retaining wall around to stop it from washing away.  There is access by vehicle at low tide and its always accessible if you wanted to walk through a foot or two of water.  It interests me every time I walk by there.

 

Sell it to China

[Jack Peterson]

Sell it to China

 

:hystery:  ( Think about it)