Coron Island is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in
northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger
municipality of the same name. It is about 170 nautical miles (310 km)
southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War
II vintage. The island is part of the ancestral domain of the indigenous
Tagbanwa people. Known as Calis among the Tagbanwas and Coronians, its tribal
chieftain is Rodolfo Aguilar I
