Dalupiri Island (Cagayan)

Dalupiri Island is an island in the Babuyan Islands in Luzon Strait north of Luzon Island in the Philippines. The whole island makes up the barangay of Dalupiri, which is part of the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan province, which had 621 inhabitants in 2020, up from 611 in 2010.^[2][3]

Dalupiri Island

Dalupiri is the westernmost island of the Babuyan archipelago
Dalupiri Island Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates	19°5′N 121°14′E
Archipelago	Babuyan Islands
Adjacent to	Babuyan Channel
Area	50 km2 (19 sq mi)[1]
Length	24 km (14.9 mi)
Width	7 km (4.3 mi)
Highest elevation	297 m (974 ft)[1]
Highest point	Mount Dalupiri
Administration
Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Province	Cagayan
Municipality	Calayan
Barangay	Dalupiri
Demographics
Population	621 (2020)[2]
Pop. density	12.4/km2 (32.1/sq mi)
Additional information

The island can reached by boat from the Port of Aparri.

Geography

Dalupiri Island lies about 45 km (28 mi) north of Luzon and about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Fuga Island. The island has an elongated elliptical shape orientated along a north–south axis, the island has a length of about 18 km (11 mi), with a width of about 7 km (4.3 mi) at its widest point. The topography of the island is characterized by a flat hilly landscape, in the center of the island, the terrain rises to 297 metres (974 ft) above sea level. The island has an area of 166 square kilometres (64 sq mi). The longest river of the island is the Manolong River, about 2.5 km long.

The vegetation of the island consists partly of dense, tropical vegetation, and partly agricultural land. The largest animals on the island are the Carabao and horses. A small population of the Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is also native to the island.^[4] Of the avifauna (birds) present on the island, the nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) and the Zebra Ralle (Gallirallus torquatus) both are known to breed on the island. ^[5]

Another island named Dalupiri is located in the Samar Sea, in the province of Northern Samar.

References

This article contains Public domain text from the U.S. Government Elihu Root collection of United States documents relating to the Philippine Islands (1906)

1. Genevieve Broad; Carl Oliveros. "Biodiversity and conservation priority setting in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines" (PDF). The Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources. 15 (1–2): 1–30. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
2. Census of Population (2020). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Statistische Angaben des NSCB". Archived from the original on 2015-11-14. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
4. "CROCODILE SURVEYS ON DALUPIRI AND FUGA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
5. "D. ALLEN, C. ESPANOLA, G. BROAD, C. OLIVEROS and J. C. T. GONZALEZ: New bird records for the Babuyan islands, Philippines, including two first records for the Philippines. FORKTAIL 22 (2006): 57–70" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2016-01-09.