Babuyan
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| Waters | Strait of Luzon ( Philippine Sea ) | |
| Archipelago | Babuyan Islands | |
| Geographical location | 19 ° 31 ′ N , 121 ° 57 ′ E | |
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| length | 11.2 km | |
| width | 10.9 km | |
| surface | 74.39 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Babuyan Claro 1080 m |
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| Residents | 1423 (2010 [1] ) 19 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Babuyan | |
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Babuyan , also Babuyan Island , is an island in the Cagayan Province of the Philippines . It is the northernmost of the Babuyan Islands and is located about 125 km off the north coast of the island of Luzon , in the Luzon Strait .
According to the PNAS island database, the island of Babuyan has an area of 74.39 km².
It is administered by the municipality of Calayan and forms one of its twelve barangays .
There are active volcanoes on Babuyan , such as the Babuyan Claro and the Smith volcano .