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Callao Cave is one of the limestone caves located in the Municipality of Peñablanca, Cagayan province, in the Philippines. The seven-chamber show cave is one of 300 caves that dot the area and the best known natural tourist attractions of the province. The town is named as Peñablanca (''Spanish for'' white rocks) for the presence of white limestone rocks in the area.〔 Callao Cave is located in the Barangays of Magdalo and Quibal in Peñablanca about northeast of Tuguegarao City, the capital of the Province of Cagayan. Callao and the other caves are situated in the western foothills of the Northern Sierra Madre Mountains of the Philippines. They are situated within the Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape, which stretches from the caves to the eastern shores of Peñablanca town in the Pacific Ocean.〔("Protected Areas of Region 2 Map" ). Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. Retrieved on 2013-10-03.〕 ==Protection status== Callao Cave was visited by American Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. in 1932 who under his term created the National Park system of the country with the passing of Act no. 3195 in 1932.〔("Acts Enacted in 1932" ). PhilippineLaw.info. Retrieved on 2013-10-04.〕 Callao Cave was one of the earliest national parks of the country when it was established on July 16, 1935 by Proclamation no. 827. The Callao Cave National Park encompassed an area of of land.〔("NIPAS List of 202 Initial Components" ). Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. Retrieved on 2013-10-03.〕 With the passing of the NIPAS Act of 1992 that revamped the protected areas of the country, the Callao National Park was reclassified but enlarged by Proclamation no. 416 on June 29, 1994. The protected area was reestablished as the Peñablanca Protected Landscape. In 2003 upon the recommendation of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines) (DENR), the protected area was further enlarged to include certain parcels of land in the public domain. Proclamation 416 no. was amended by Proclamation no. 484, signed by President Arroyo on October 6, 2003. The law enlarged the park to and renamed as Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape (PPLS).〔("Proclamation no. 484" ). Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. Retrieved on 2013-10-03.〕 The protected area is particularly described as bounded on the North and East of Public Forest under FR-1011 per Proclamation No. 584 dated July 8, 1940; on the South by Callao Reforestation Project and on the West by Block I, Alienable and Disposable of Cagayan Project No. 13-C, Certified on February 27, 1923.〔("Batanes Protected Landscape and Seascape" ). Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau. Retrieved on 2013-10-03.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Callao Cave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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