Hundred Island

The Hundred Island National Park (Pangasinan: Kapulo-pulo or Taytay-Bakes) is in the province of Pangasinan in northern Philippines. It is located in Alaminos City, Pangasinan. The islands (124 at low tide and 123 at high tide) are scattered along Lingayen Gulf and cover 18.44 square kilometers (4,557 acres). They believe to be about two million years old. Only three of them have been developed for tourists: Gobernor Island, Quezon Island, and Children’s Island. The islands are actually ancient corals that extend weel inland, in an area previously comprising the seabed “mushroom” –like shapes of some of the islands have been caused by the eroding action of sea waves.