Capitancillo Island

Island near Bogo, Cebu, Philippines

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Capitancillo (historically Islote de Captitoncillo and variously Capitancillo islet) is a small coral island (about 600 hectares in size) near Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. The island is a protected marine sanctuary, featuring three dive sites and a lighthouse.

Etymology

Capitáncillo is Spanish for "subchief", from capitán ("captain") + -cillo (diminutive suffix).^[2]

Location and geography

Capitancillo is a small uninhabited island northeast of Cebu Island in the Camotes Sea. It is 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) east of Odlot barangay, Bogo. Three areas around the island (the Ormoc Shoal, the Nuñez Shoal, and the southwest wall of Capitancillo) are recognized dive sites. Polambato Port, Nailon Wharf, Marangog Cove, and Odlot Hideaway all serve as jumping-off points to the island from Bogo, and the trip takes anywhere from fifteen to 45 minutes. There are no stores nor accommodation available on the island.^[3]

Lighthouse

The original lighthouse was listed in the Faros Españoles de Ultramar as one of 27 major lighthouses of the Philippines.^[4]^[5] The Capitancillo lighthouse was built in 1905, with the current white steel tower dating from the 1950s. The tower is 83 feet (25 m) high and flashes three white lights every ten seconds.^[6]

References

^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 2008
^ Marquez, Ophelia; Ramos Navarro Wold, Lillian (1998). Compilation of Colonial Spanish Terms and Document-Related Phrases. SHHAR Press.
^ Philippine Daily Inquirer 2011
^ Sánchez Terry 1992
^ Rowlett 2016
^ Lighthouse Explorer 2014

Sources

Lighthouse Explorer (2014). "Capitancillo Island Light". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2008). Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands (PDF) (7th ed.). p. 183. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Philippine Daily Inquirer (12 August 2011). "Capitancillo: Cebu's new ocean leisure spot". Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
Rowlett, Russ (2016). "Spanish Lighthouses of the Philippines". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sánchez Terry, Miguel Angel (1992). Faros Españoles de Ultramar. Madrid: Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT). ISBN 978-8474337921.