Topography of Palawan

The Province of Palawan exhibits a wide range of

topography. It is mountainous and hilly throughout the
entire length of the central axis of the main island
particularly on the northwestern coast. Narrow strips of
coastal plains are mostly found along the southeastern coast.
 Palawan is long and narrow and trends northeast-
southwest between the South China and Sulu seas. It has a
maximum width of 24 miles (39 km) and a mountainous
backbone that runs its entire 270-mile (434-km) length, with
Mount Mantalingajan (6,840 feet [2,085 meters]) in the south
as its highest peak.
 The most level areas are found particularly between Malampaya
Sound and Taytay, and on the southern tip of Palawan.
The average elevation of the mountain ranges is approximately
1,100 meters. Mt. Mantalingahan has the highest elevation of 2,086
meters followed by Mt. Cantung with 1,788 and Cleopatra’s
Needle with 1,585 meters.
 Palawan shoreline is characteristically fringed with
coral reefs. The continental shelf, an extension from
Borneo known as the Sunda Shelf, broadens from north
to south leaving a narrow entry channel at Puerto
Princesa.
 The northwestern coastline contains many coral reefs
which make inshore navigation hazardous. The bays and
harbors of the southeast coast are land-locked, hence well
protected from storms and also from currents by shallow
corals reefs lying further off shore.
Location of Palawan
 Palawan

is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in

the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country
in terms of total area of 14,649.73 km². The capital city is Puerto
Princesa.(Wikipedia)
Palawan is known as the Philippines’ Last Frontier and as the
Philippines’ Best Island
 Mimaropa (usually capitalized in official
government documents), formally known as
the Southwestern Tagalog Region,[3] is an 
administrative region in the Philippines. It was also
formerly designated as Region IV-B until 2016.
 It is one of two regions in the country having no land border
with another region (the other being Eastern Visayas). The name
is an acronym combination of its constituent provinces: Mindoro
 (divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro), Ma
rinduque, Romblon and Palawan.
 The region was part of the now-defunct 
Southern Tagalog region until May 17, 2002.[4] On May
23, 2005, Palawan and the highly urbanized city of 
Puerto Princesa were moved to the region of Western
Visayas by Executive Order No. 429
The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro island in the
northeast and Borneo in the southwest. It lies between the 
South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. The province is named after
its largest island, Palawan Island, measuring 450 kilometers
(280 mi) long, and 50 kilometers wide.
In 2019, it was proposed to divide Palawan into three separate
provinces, though it was rejected by the local population in a 
2021 plebiscite.
 In 2019, it was proposed to divide Palawan into three
separate provinces, though it was rejected by the local
population in a 2021 plebiscite.
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