Historically, the City of Manila consisted of small islands formed by rivulets called esteros.[1] They include Binondo, formed by the Estero de Binondo and Estero de la Reina, and San Miguel, formed by the Estero de San Miguel and Estero de Sampaloc. The walled district of Intramuros was itself an island surrounded by moats during the Spanish colonial period. Many of these waterways have been filled i over the years due to urbanization.
Near the entrance to Manila Bay is a group of islands, the largest of which is Corregidor. Although administered as part of the province of Cavite, these islands are linked historically to Manila, serving as part of the city's defense system through much of the Spanish and American colonial eras.
An artificial island in the Manila North HarborinTondo bounded on the north by Estero de Sunog Apog (Estero de Marela), on the south and east by Estero de Vitas, and Manila Bay on the west.
An island sitio north of the main island of Navotas.
Dampalit Island
An island barangay and one of the six original islands on which Malabon was founded. It is separated from the mainland on the east by the Muzon River, the Batasan River on the north, and from Navotas on the west by the Dampalit River.[3]
Malabón Island
Malabon city proper is on one of the six islands which originally comprised Malabon.[3] It is bounded on the north by Dampalit River, on the east and south by Tullahan River and on the west by the Navotas and Tanza rivers which separate it from Navotas.
Maysilo Island
An island barangay and one of six islands of Malabón, in the mangrove swamps north of Manila.[3]
Navotas Fish Port Complex
An artificial island immediately to the north of Isla de Balút, separated from the main island of Navotas on the north by the Bangkulasi Channel and Tullahan River, on the east from Caloocan by the Navotas River, and on the south by Estero de Sunog Apog (Estero de Marela).
Navotas city proper is situated on an elongated coastal island, its length on a northwest-southeast axis. It is separated from Malabon by the Malabón-Navotas River.[4]
