Lamon Bay
| Lamon Bay | ||
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| Waters | Philippine Sea | |
| Land mass | Luzon | |
| Geographical location | 14 ° 25 ' N , 122 ° 5' E | |
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| width | approx. 100 km | |
| depth | approx. 50 km | |
| Islands | Alabat , Cabalete , Balesin | |
The Lamon Bay is part of the Philippine Sea , on the east coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines . The bay stretches from the Polillo Archipelago across the north coast of Quezon Province to the coast of Camarines Norte Province . The largest islands within the bay are Alabat , Cabalete, and Balesin . The southern part of Lamon Bay is divided into the two smaller bays Lopez and Calauag by the island of Alabat .
The coastline of the Bay of Lamon is determined by a mixture of mangrove forests , sandy beaches and dry coral reefs. The coral reefs off the coast have partly died and have been covered by deposits. On the south coast of the island of Alabat there are large mangrove forests; in front of them are larger marshland areas that dry out at low tide . The average tidal range is around 1.25 meters.
The climate in the area of the Bay of Lamon is tropical, humid and warm without a pronounced dry season. Due to its location, the bay is regularly hit by severe cyclones during the typhoon season . The heaviest precipitation falls from November to January.
During the invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, the Japanese invasion forces landed in Lamon Bay on the beaches of the communities of Mauban , Plaridel (Siain) and Atimonan .
Web links
- Lamon Bay on the website of the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity ( Memento from March 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )