Great Santa Cruz Island
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island, interesting place
Great Santa Cruz Island is a small inhabited island in Zamboanga City in the southern region of the Philippines that is famous for its pink coralline sand. The island, located 4 km (2.49 mi) south of downtown at the Santa Cruz Bank in the Basilan Strait, boasts the only pink sand beach in the Philippines. The color of the sand comes from the pulverized red organ pipe coral from eons of surf erosion mixed with the white sand.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Santa_Cruz_Island
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 6°51'55"N 122°3'43"E
- Sacol Island, Zamboanga City 22 km
- Basilan 33 km
- Eleven Islands 41 km
- Pilas Island 57 km
- Tongkil Island 92 km
- Balanguingui Island 101 km
- Olutanga Island 103 km
- Capual Island 117 km
- Jolo Island 157 km
- Kabingaan Island 174 km
- Our Resthouse 0.7 km
- rest house 0.8 km
- Army Company Detachment 1 km