balabac island造句

• Balabac Island is home to various endemic species.
• "' Balabac Island "'is the southern-most island of the Palawan province in the Philippines, only about north from Sabah, Malaysia, across the Balabac Strait.
• It separates Balabac Island ( Palawan province ), Philippines, from Balambangan and the Banggi Islands north of Borneo that are a part of Malaysia's Sabah state.
• The next day, she got underway to serve as command ship for a minesweeping unit clearing the channels around Balabac Island and opening the southern approaches from the Sulu Sea to the South China Sea.
• Seaplane tender " Heron ", with a detachment of four OS2U-2s from the Utility Unit, ran morning and evening patrols from Port Ciego, Balabac Island, over the strategically important Balabac Straits from 4 13 December.
• The Panamanian tanker, Pacific Valor, plucked the survivors late Monday from choppy waters between Balabac Island at the southern tip of Palawan and Malaysia's Banguey island, off the northern tip of Borneo, navy Commander Geronimo Malabanan said.
• A ranking officer, who asked not to be named, said troops backed by helicopters, strike planes and gunboats swooped down Tuesday on an unnamed atoll off Balabac Island following reports of sightings of armed men in the area.
• On 27 July, while underway for Brunei Bay, Borneo, " Chestatee " struck a mine in the straits south of Balabac Island; five of her men were killed, eight injured, including the commanding officer, and the ship was damaged by the explosion and resulting fire.
• On April 14, 1646, The Manila Spanish government signed a peace treaty with Sulu Sulta Nasir ud-Din recognizing the Sultanate's continuing independence from Spain, his sovereign rights to extend up to the Tawi-Tawi Group as far as Tup-Tup and Balabac islands in Palawan, and his monopoly on Maguindanao-Sulu-Borneo trade.