HUNDRED ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
The HUNDRED ISLANDS NATIONAL
PARK is a national park located in the city of Alaminos, in the province of
Pangasinan in northern Philippines. The island,
totaling 124 at low tide and 123 at high tide, are scattered in Lingayen Gulf
covering as area of 16.76 sq km. Only
three of them have been developed for tourism: Governor Island, Quezon Island,
and Children’s Island. The islands are
believed to be about 2,000,000 years old.
They are actually ancient corals that extend well inland, in an area
previously comprising the seabed of an ancient sea. The lowering of the sea level have exposed
them to the surface. The peculiar “mushroom-like”
shapes of some of the islands were caused by the eroding action of the ocean
waves
