Caballo Island

Caballo Island
	Caballo Island, as seen from Corregidor Island in March 2019
Geography
Location	Manila Bay
Coordinates	14°22′N 120°37′E / 14.367°N 120.617°E
Length	1.21 km (0.752 mi)
Width	0.32 km (0.199 mi)
Highest elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Administration
	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Cavite
City	Cavite City
Additional information
Official website	Fort Hughes

Caballo Island (which means "Horse Island" in Spanish) is a bluff, rocky island located at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. It is about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long with the highest elevation at 381 feet high. Caballo, along with the larger Corregidor (2 km to the north), divides the entrance to the bay into two broad and deep channels, known as the North and South Channel.^[1]

The whole island was formerly occupied by Fort Hughes, a U.S. defense fortification before World War II. It was heavily bombed during the war.^[2]

^ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "United States Coast Pilot Philippine Islands Part I", pp.71-72. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919.
^ Cite error: The named reference Feredo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Coast-1] U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "United States Coast Pilot Philippine Islands Part I", pp.71-72. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919.

[Feredo-2] Cite error: The named reference Feredo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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