MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 335, February 28, 1994 ]

DECLARING THE BATANES GROUP OF ISLANDS, ISLETS AND ITS SURROUNDING WATERS SITUATED IN THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVINCE OF BATANES AS PROTECTED LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby reserve, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the Philippines, and in order to protect the area from all destructive activities, the Batanes Group of Islands, Islets, and its surrounding waters as Protected Landscapes and Seascapes situated in the northernmost part of the Philippines, Province of Batanes, subject to private rights if any there be, with geographic coordinates as follows:

From Pt. 1 21° 11' 09" latitude 121° 56' 37" longitude

to Pt. 2 21° 09' 19" latitude 122° 00' 24" longitude

to Pt. 3 21° 06' 58" latitude 122° 01' 16" longitude

to Pt. 4 21° 03' 13" latitude 121° 59' 47" longitude

to Pt. 5 21° 01' 18" latitude 121° 59' 03" longitude

to Pt. 6 20° 58' 41" latitude 121° 58' 16" longitude

to Pt. 7 20° 54' 18" latitude 121° 58' 29" longitude

to Pt. 8 20° 51' 22" latitude 121° 57' 33" longitude

to Pt. 9 20° 49' 21" latitude 121° 56' 55" longitude

to Pt. 10 20° 47' 37" latitude 121° 57' 02" longitude

to Pt. 11 20° 46' 25" latitude 121° 57' 08" longitude

to Pt. 12 20° 44' 39" latitude 121° 59' 20" longitude

to Pt. 13 20° 41' 48" latitude 122° 00' 18" longitude

to Pt. 14 20° 28' 00" latitude 122° 06' 02" longitude

to Pt. 15 20° 24' 45" latitude 122° 01' 36" longitude

to Pt. 16 20° 23' 01" latitude 122° 02' 45" longitude

to Pt. 17 20° 21' 05" latitude 122° 01' 34" longitude

to Pt. 18 20° 19' 47" latitude 122° 00' 44" longitude

to Pt. 19 20° 18' 04" latitude 121° 59' 25" longitude

to Pt. 20 20° 18' 09" latitude 121° 57' 20" longitude

to Pt. 21 20° 15' 53" latitude 121° 55' 54" longitude

to Pt. 22 20° 13' 36" latitude 121° 55' 00" longitude

to Pt. 23 20° 11' 56" latitude 121° 51' 37" longitude

to Pt. 24 20° 13' 27" latitude 121° 48' 10" longitude

to Pt. 25 20° 14' 50" latitude 121° 46' 05" longitude

to Pt. 26 20° 16' 51" latitude 121° 44' 31" longitude

to Pt. 27 20° 18' 37" latitude 121° 43' 47" longitude

to Pt. 28 20° 20' 11" latitude 121° 42' 32" longitude

to Pt. 29 20° 22' 42" latitude 121° 43' 28" longitude

to Pt. 30 20° 24' 11" latitude 121° 46' 48" longitude

to Pt. 31 20° 24' 02" latitude 121° 48' 26" longitude

to Pt. 32 20° 24' 52" latitude 121° 48' 45" longitude

to Pt. 33 20° 25' 14" latitude 121° 50' 43" longitude

to Pt. 34 20° 24' 42" latitude 121° 51' 27" longitude

to Pt. 35 20° 26' 31" latitude 121° 53' 37" longitude

to Pt. 36 20° 28' 10" latitude 121° 53' 15" longitude

to Pt. 37 20° 31' 15" latitude 121° 55' 19" longitude

to Pt. 38 20° 40' 21" latitude 121° 43' 47" longitude

to Pt. 39 20° 43' 16" latitude 121° 42' 53" longitude

to Pt. 40 20° 46' 14" latitude 121° 44' 51" longitude

to Pt. 41 20° 49' 33" latitude 121° 46' 00" longitude

to Pt. 42 20° 53' 12" latitude 121° 48' 33" longitude

to Pt. 43 20° 54' 24" latitude 121° 49' 46" longitude

to Pt. 44 20° 55' 43" latitude 121° 50' 17" longitude

to Pt. 45 20° 57' 19" latitude 121° 50' 54" longitude

to Pt. 46 20° 59' 09" latitude 121° 52' 23" longitude

to Pt. 47 21° 01' 11" latitude 121° 52' 41" longitude

to Pt. 48 21° 03' 55" latitude 121° 51' 28" longitude

to Pt. 49 21° 07' 18" latitude 121° 52' 35" longitude

to Pt. 50 21° 09' 57" latitude 121° 53' 40" longitude

to Pt. 1 21° 11' 09" latitude 121° 56' 37" longitude

containing an approximate area of 213,578 hectares as a protected area.

The said area shall be known as “Batanes Protected Landscapes and Seascapes” and shall remain under the administration of the Local Government of Batanes with the assistance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.1aшphi1

The primary purpose for the establishment of this protected landscapes and seascapes is to protect and conserve its scenic, cultural, historical and archaeological features including the diverse terrestrial and marine ecosystems found therein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of February, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR
Executive Secretary


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