Malavatuan | |
Local Name: | Malabatuan |
Location: | South China Sea |
Archipelago: | Lubang Group of Islands |
Map Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 13.863°N 120.346°W |
Country: | Philippines |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Region |
Country Admin Divisions: | Mimaropa |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Province |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Occidental Mindoro |
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Municipality |
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Looc |
Country Admin Divisions 3: | Ambil |
Country Admin Divisions Title 3: | Barangay |
Malavatuan or Malabatuan is a small island in the Philippines and part of the Lubang group of islands. It is around 3miles northeast of Ambil Island and is administered under the barangay of Ambil, in the municipality of Looc, Occidental Mindoro. In 1919 it was denoted as being covered in brushwood (branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs).