Pamalican

Pamalican Island, also spelled as Pamalikan,^[1] is a small and sandy island^[2] of the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) coral reef. It has a length of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), and measures only 500 metres (1,600 ft) at its widest point. Pamalican can be found 7 miles southwest of Quiniluban island and 3 miles northeast of Manamoc island.^[3]

Coordinates11°21′12″N 120°43′51″E

ArchipelagoCuyo Archipelago

Adjacent toSulu Sea

RegionMimaropa

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Pamalican Island

Location in the Cuyo Archipelago
Pamalican Island Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates	11°21′12″N 120°43′51″E
Archipelago	Cuyo Archipelago
Adjacent to	Sulu Sea
Administration
Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Palawan
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The island was originally exploited as a struggling family-owned plantation. It was then purchased by Andrés Soriano Jr., a businessman. His children decided to build a resort on the island and leased the management responsibility to establish an exclusive resort. The island is private property and belongs in totality to Seven Seas Resorts and Leisure, Inc. (owned by the Sorianos). It is part of the high-end resort group, Aman Resorts, under the name Amanpulo. About 40% of the employees are from the neighbouring Manamoc island.

The island is serviced by Dornier 228-202K planes flying from Manila, which are used to ferry customers and to bring supplies to the resort. Each bungalow comes with a personal buggy for free circulation throughout the island.

Diving activities are available, allowing for nice coral viewing and encounters with large turtles and rays. Several windsurf boards and sails are provided at the "Windsurf hut" on the north shore. The shallow protected lagoon there allows for easy windsurfing on a flat surface, and is especially favourable during the northern monsoon season (November to May), when the wind blows onshore.

Pamalican island with surrounding reef, from the air. On the horizon are visible the islands of Agutaya (left) and Cuyo (faintly, right)

The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican