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Palaui Island is one of the islands in the Philippines, located off the northeastern extremity of Luzon Island, the largest island in the country. ==Geography== Palaui Island lies off the northwestern part of a large promontory in San Vicente, in the municipality of Santa Ana, Cagayan province. It is at its longest and about at its widest and moderately high. The western shore of the island appears bold, but on the eastern side, a reef projects from its side for , the edge of it being from and extending around the small islet of Escucha, east of Palaui. The Dos Hermanos rocky islets lie off Cape Engaño, in the northern point of Palaui, and there are some rocks off the northeast point of the island, about eastward of the cape. Gran Laja island, a low rock islet surrounded by breakers, is one of the rocks located northeast off Palaui.〔U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. "United States Coast Pilot, Part 1", pp. 44-45. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919.〕〔Peters, Jens. "Philippines Travel Guide, 2nd edition", p.368. Jens Peters Publications, 2005. ISBN 3-923821-32-8.〕 At the southwest end of Palaui Island is Puerto Point, a high, wooded bluff. East of the point and south of Palaui is Rona Island, a low, wooded island with a white base of sand and rocks. Escucha Island is a high and wooded islet east of Palaui, and beyond Rona Island when seen from southwestward through the channel between Palaui Island and the mainland, where a few more islets are located.〔
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