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Coron Island is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger municipality of the same name. It is about southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II vintage. The island is part of the ancestral domain of the indigenous Tagbanwa people. Known as Calis among the Tagbanwas and Coronians, its tribal chieftain is Rodolfo Aguilar I. The area around the wrecks has rock formations which provide for snorkeling opportunities, with underwater visibility extending up to . The water is often calm. Coron is one of the most visited destinations for wreck diving in the Philippines. Wreck dive sites are found in depths as shallow as and as deep as . Most are in the range of about . Dive sites around Coron include many different reef dive sites and "Günter´s Cave", also known as Cathedral Cave because during a certain time of the day, the sun throws a beam of light through a hole in the cave ceiling, illuminating the inside. It is possible to surface in the cave, as the hole in the cave-ceiling allows fresh air to enter. The cave is named after Günther Bernert, who was part of the first dive group to explore the cave, after hearing from local fishermen about its existence. Wreck diving sites in Coron Bay include the ''Irako'' wreck, ''Okikawa Maru'' wreck, ''Akitsushima'' wreck, ''Kogyo Maru'' wreck, ''Olympia Maru'' wreck, ''Kyokuzan Maru'' wreck, East Tangat gunboat wreck (the real name of the ship, ''Terukaze Maru'', was recently discovered by a group of Dutch divers, who spent a couple of days digging into bottom sand around the stern), ''Nanshin Maru'' wreck, Lusong Gunboat Wreck, and Skeleton Wreck. The aquatic views from the sunken Japanese ships off Coron Island are listed in ''Forbes Traveler Magazine''’s top-10 best scuba diving sites in the world.〔(manilastandardtoday.com, Lagen, Miniloc resorts win world’s green vote )〕〔(www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist, The world's greenest hotels, from Switzerland to Sri Lank )〕 ==Gallery== File:Kayangan Lake.jpg|Kayangan Lake, dubbed as the cleanest lake in Asia.〔http://www.ironwulf.net/2008/07/11/coron-scenic-kayangan-lake/〕〔http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g729733-d1639430-Reviews-Kayangan_Lake-Coron_Palawan_Mimaropa.html〕 File:Coron islands 2.jpg|Coron Island is surrounded by islands with large rock formations File:Coron islands 3.jpg|Large granite rock formations make up most of the islands around Coron File:Coron 699.jpg|A beach near Coron Island File:An island in Coron, Palawan.JPG|Coron Island rock formations File:Stone islet in Coron, Palawan.JPG|A stone islet in Coron Island File:Coron Med mission 1.JPG|View of Coron Island File:Coron - Kayangan Lake.jpg|Kayangan Lake 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「Coron Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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