{"id":361689,"date":"2026-04-28T15:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=361689"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:06:43","slug":"luzon-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/luzon-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Luzon Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s military recently conducted military drills, including live-fire exercises in waters east of the Philippines\u2019 Luzon Island.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About Luzon Island<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/owt-thephilippines.weebly.com\/uploads\/2\/4\/5\/9\/24599948\/3484762.jpg?resize=348%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Luzon Island \" width=\"348\" height=\"386\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: World Atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the <strong>northern part of the Philippines.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> largest and most populous island <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>Philippines.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Boundary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The island is bordered by the<\/span><b> Philippine Sea to the east, the South China Sea to the west, and the Luzon Strait to the north, which separates it from Taiwan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Capital: Manila, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the capital of the Philippines, is <strong>situated on this island<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Area:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It covers an area of about<\/span><b> 42,458 sq. miles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is the <\/span><b>15th largest island in the world.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <strong>coastline<\/strong> over<\/span><b> 5,000 km long.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is divided into <\/span><b>Northern, Central, and Southern regions, along with the National Capital Region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Landforms:<\/strong> It features varied <strong>landforms<\/strong> such as<\/span><b> mountains, plains, rivers, lakes, peninsulas, bays, and gulfs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Mountains:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Major mountain ranges include the <\/span><b>Cordillera, Sierra Madre, and Zambales Mountains.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <strong>highest peak<\/strong> is <\/span><b>Mount Pulag,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rising to 9,612 feet (<strong>2,930 m<\/strong>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Gulf and Bays:<\/b><b>\u00a0Lingayen Gulf and Manila Bay on the west,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> Lamon Bay and Lagonoy Gulf on the east.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Rivers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major rivers are <\/span><b>Cagayan, Abra, Agno, Pampanga, and Bicol.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lake: <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Laguna de Bay, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">which is<\/span><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the <strong>largest lake in the Philippines<\/strong>, is located in Luzon.<\/li>\n<li><b>Volcanoes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The island has active volcanoes, including <\/span><b>Mayon Volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, known for its <strong>near-perfect cone shape<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Cities: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major cities include <\/span><b>Manila, Quezon City, Pasay, Cabanatuan, Legazpi, Baguio, Batangas, and Laoag.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: China\u2019s military recently conducted military drills, including live-fire exercises in waters east of the Philippines\u2019 Luzon Island. About Luzon Island It is located in the northern part of the Philippines. It is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. 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