TIM eMagazine Vol.1 Issue 3
NAKABUANG CAVE is 5.5 kilometers from
San Vicente Centro in Sabtang.
MT. MATAREM is an extinct volcano 495
meters at its summit. It is eight kilometers
from Basco.
WHITE BEACH at Vatang, Hapnit and
Mavatuy Point all in Mahatao.
RADAR TUKON was a United States
weather station on a hilltop. It offers a
magnificent 360-degree view of Batan
Island, the South China Sea, Mt. Iraya,
Basco proper, boulder lined cliffs and the
Pacific Ocean. At present, it houses the last
weather station in the north.
OLD LORAN STATION used to house a
US coastguard detachment for almost two
decades and is about 25 kilometers from
Basco.
RUINS OF SONGSONG is a ghost
barangay which is a cluster of roofless shells
of old stone houses abandoned after a tidal
wave that hit the island of Batan in the 50s.
It has a long stretch of beach. The ruins are
23 kilometers from Basco.
SAN JOSE CHURCH in Ivana was built
in 1814. It has a crenellated fortress-like
campanile. The church is fronting the Ivana
Seaport and is 14 kilometers from Basco.
KANYUYAN BEACH & PORT at Baluarte
Bay in Basco is the port of call of the cargo
ships bringing goods from Manila.
Santo Domingo Church, also known
as Basco Cathedral
SAN CARLOS BORROMEO CHURCH
and a convent at Mahatao are six kilometers
from Basco. It was completed in 1789 and
still retains its centuries-old features.
Santo Domingo Church, also known
as Basco Cathedral
Indeed, Batanes may be a very quiet
place so they say yet it speaks loudly of what
nature can give us, lust of beautiful flowers
in the fields and magnificent landscapes
that abounds all around.
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