babuyan

Updated: May 11, 2025

We found the longitude of the most easterly of the Richmond rocks 237° 50' 2" most westerly 237° 52' 0" the eastern point of the Island of Bantan 237° 55' 32" the western point of Babuyan 238° 0' 56" the western point of the Bashi Island 238° 4' 47" latitude of the eastern point 20° 15' 47".

Otto von Kotzebue - A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2

At midnight we had some violent squalls from the north with a ruffled sea, but not amounting to a storm. The rising sun discovered to us the three high Richmond rocks, rising in the middle of the strait, between the Bashi and Babuyan Islands. Soon after the island of Bantan appeared, with heavy clouds still lingering behind its cliffs.

Otto von Kotzebue - A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2

"That is just like him!" Jack burst out. "Are we going in there after him?" Frank asked. "We are likely to lose him in the thicket if we go," Ned cautioned, "and it seems to me that we ought to wait a short time. He is wise enough not to go butting into a camp." "What sort of a place is it in there?" asked Jack. "It is one of the nameless islands of the Babuyan group," Ned answered.

G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson - Boy Scouts in the Philippines: Or, The Key to the Treaty Box

The motor boat Manhattan lay tossing and drawing at her anchor in an obscure bay of tiny dimensions on the west coast of a small island which is a member of the Babuyan group and faces the China Sea. Ned, Frank, Jack and Jimmie sat sweating in the little cabin, which was in the back of the boat, the engine being located toward the center.

G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson - Boy Scouts in the Philippines: Or, The Key to the Treaty Box

On the 1st of November, our noon observation gave 20° 15' latitude, and 236° 42' longitude, so that we were already in the neighbourhood of the Bashi and Babuyan Islands.

Otto von Kotzebue - A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2

"I have an idea that he knew very little of our future movements when we landed here," Ned said. "His instructions were unopened, remember, besides being a month or more old." "I see," observed the Captain. "Well, you are on a little island of the Babuyan group, in the Balintang channel, north of the island of Luzon and southeast of the coast of China and Hong Kong.

G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson - Boy Scouts in the Philippines: Or, The Key to the Treaty Box

It also means that there is a Boy Scout with the party!" The rain fell heavily, persistently, provokingly. Now and then came a crash of thunder which seemed to shake the earth; vivid lightning cut zigzags in the murky sky. The little islands of the Babuyan group in the Balintang channel seemed to rock in the arms of the storm.

G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson - Boy Scouts in the Philippines: Or, The Key to the Treaty Box