Dequey
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Dequey is one of the Batanes Islands, in the province of Batanes
Batanes
The Province of Batanes , also called the Batanes Islands, is a Philippine province comprising ten islands that are located in the Luzon Strait between the islands of Luzon and Taiwan...

, in Luzon Strait
Luzon Strait
The Luzon Strait is the strait between the island country of Taiwan and Luzon island of the Philippines. The strait thereby connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea in the western Pacific Ocean....

, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. The island is a very small and a rather low piece of land, lying nearly 1/2 mile westward of the northwest point of Ivuhos Island
Ivuhos Island
Ivuhos Island is one of the islands of Batanes, the northernmost province of the Philippines. The uninhabited island is located west of Sabtang Island and is separated by a deep channel nearly wide.Ivuhos Island is small and rather low, except a hill on the south end...

. Dequey Island is uninhabited.

An unnamed active submarine volcano
Unnamed volcano (Ibugos)
Unnamed volcano , is a submarine volcano near the island Ibugos in the Philippines.-Location:The volcano is located 5 kilometres off Ibugos Island, one of the Batanes Islands, in the province of Batanes, in the Cagayan Valley Region, in the Philippines, within the Luzon Strait between Luzon and...

 rising to within 24 metres of the sea surface is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) due west of Dequey Island.

See also

  • Active volcanos in the Philippines
  • Batanes
    Batanes
    The Province of Batanes , also called the Batanes Islands, is a Philippine province comprising ten islands that are located in the Luzon Strait between the islands of Luzon and Taiwan...

  • Inactive volcanos in the Philippines
  • Islands of the Philippines
  • Potentially active volcanos in the Philippines
  • Luzon Strait
    Luzon Strait
    The Luzon Strait is the strait between the island country of Taiwan and Luzon island of the Philippines. The strait thereby connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea in the western Pacific Ocean....

  • Pacific ring of fire
    Pacific Ring of Fire
    The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements...

  • Volcano
    Volcano
    2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

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