| Tanguingui | |
| Map: | Philippines |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 11.4878°N 123.7236°W |
| Waterbody: | Visayan Sea |
| Elevation M: | 6.7 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Region |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Central Visayas |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Province |
| Country Admin Divisions 1: | Cebu |
| Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | Municipality |
| Country Admin Divisions 2: | Madridejos |
| Population: | uninhabited |
Tanguingui (variously Tanguingui Islet and historically Isla Tanguingui) is a small, uninhabited island in the Visayan Sea of the Philippines. The island is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Madridejos, Cebu.[2] There is a lighthouse on the island.
Tanguingui is a small cay in the Visayan Sea. It is 550 meters long and it is 60miles east of Panay Island and almost directly north of Bantayan Island. Flat and sandy with an elevation of around, it is 22.5miles east-southeast of Gigantes Sur,[3] [4] and 11miles north of Buntay Point of Bantayan Island.
According to the Faros Españoles de Ultramar, Tanguingui was one of the 27 major lighthouses of the Philippines during the Spanish occupation of the Philippines.[5] In 1903, the US government built a 45adj=midNaNadj=mid lighthouse on Tanguingui.[6] The current lighthouse is a black steel structure high.[7]