Kalanggaman Island
A sandbar island in the sea between Leyte and Cebu, 10 kilometres west of Palompon, Leyte. Its name comes from the local word for bird, and its long white spit of sand stretches out on both ends.
- Where
- Palompon, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 11.1146, 124.2512
Get the Kalanggaman Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kalanggaman Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Eastern Visayas volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kalanggaman Island
Malapascua Island 28 km
A small island off the northern tip of Cebu, about 2.5 kilometres long. It is known for diving at Monad Shoal, where thresher sharks can be seen at dawn, and for its quiet white sand beach on the south side.
Camotes Islands 52 km
A group of islands in the Camotes Sea, east of Cebu, reached by ferry from Cebu or Leyte. They have white beaches, limestone caves and freshwater lagoons such as Lake Danao. The islands are quieter than the main tourist spots of the Visayas.
Bantayan Island 57 km
A flat island in the Visayan Sea, off the north western tip of Cebu, with long white sand beaches near Santa Fe. Fishing is the main trade, and the island is known for dried fish. Its old church in Bantayan town dates to the Spanish period.
San Juanico Bridge 81 km
A long steel truss bridge across the San Juanico Strait that links the islands of Samar and Leyte, part of the Pan Philippine Highway. It was opened in 1973 and measures about 2.2 kilometres, making it the longest bridge over seawater in the country.
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park 83 km
A protected park at Palo, Leyte, commemorating General Douglas MacArthur's landing in Leyte Gulf at the start of the campaign to retake the Philippines from Japan in October 1944. Large statues of the landing party stand in a shallow pool.
Marcelo Fernan Bridge 93 km
A cable stayed bridge between Cebu Island and Mactan Island, opened in 1999 as the second crossing over the Mactan Channel. It carries traffic towards the airport and the beach resorts of Mactan, and it is a landmark of the Cebu skyline at night.
Liberty Shrine 93 km
A memorial park on Mactan Island, also called the Mactan Shrine. It hosts two monuments, one to Ferdinand Magellan and one to the chieftain Lapulapu, who fought his forces here in 1521.
Casa Gorordo Museum 98 km
A heritage house museum in the Parian district of Cebu City, built in the 1850s. It shows the domestic life of elite Cebuano families in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with period furniture and a ground floor of stone.
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Questions
Where is Kalanggaman Island?
Kalanggaman Island is in Palompon, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Malapascua Island (28 km), Camotes Islands (52 km), Bantayan Island (57 km).
How do I get the Kalanggaman Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kalanggaman Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Eastern Visayas volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kalanggaman Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Eastern Visayas volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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