The Hundred Islands National Park are separated along Lingayen Gulf and cover an area of 18.44 square kilometres or 4,557 acres. They are believed to be about two million yrs old. Only three of them have been developed for tourists: Governor Island, Quezon Island, & Children’s Island. The islands are actually ancient corals that extend well inland, in an area previously comprising the seabed of an ancient sea. Lowering sea levels have brought out them to the surface and the peculiar “mushroom”-like shapes of some of the islands have been caused by the erosion of the ocean waves.
The islands or “Kapulo-puloan or Taytay-Bakes” is in the province of Pangasinan in northernmost Philippines. It is located in Alaminos City, Pangasinan. The town Anda, located northwest of Alaminos City, is often called the “mother island” of the Hundred Islands.
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