Manila Bay Sunsets 1 #EditableMarkerStyle0 Manila Bay <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">Manila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. The entrance is 19 km wide and expands to a width of 48 km. Mariveles, in the province of Bataan, is an anchorage just inside the northern entrance and Sangley Point is the former location of Cavite Naval Base (<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Bay" TARGET="">wiki</A>)</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">14.516700 / 120.766700</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">N 14° 31' 0'' E 120° 46' 0''</TEXTFORMAT> 1 120.77562639,14.59711697,0.00000000 #EditableMarkerStyle1 Corregidor <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">For the Spanish historical administrative position, see Corregidor (position)'' Corregidor is an island in the entrance of the Philippines' Manila Bay. Due to its position in the bay, it has served as a focal point for the naval defenses of the capital city of Manila. During World War II, Corregidor was the site of several battles and its fall to the Japanese forces was instrumental (<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corregidor" TARGET="">wiki</A>)</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">14.383100 / 120.576100</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">N 14° 22' 59'' E 120° 34' 34''</TEXTFORMAT> 1 120.57610000,14.38310000,0.00000000 #EditableMarkerStyle2 Intramuros, Manila <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">Intramuros, located along the southern bank of the Pasig River, was built by the Spaniards in the 16th century and is the oldest district of the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Its name, taken from the Latin, ''intra muros'', literally "Within the walls", meaning within the wall enclosure of the city/fortress, also describes its structure as it is surrounded by thick, (<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intramuros%2C_Manila" TARGET="">wiki</A>)</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">14.590800 / 120.975000</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">N 14° 35' 27'' E 120° 58' 30''</TEXTFORMAT> 1 120.97500000,14.59080000,0.00000000 #EditableMarkerStyle3 Manila Bay Walk on Roxas Blvd. <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">The best vantage point to take in the Sunsets ... reasons beyond me and many others; the sunsets at Manila Bay rank tops in the world … and then you add the deep history that surrounds every wake of the bay and you got drama on the water … look out at Corregidor Island as the sun sets and let your imagination run wild!</TEXTFORMAT> 1 120.98890457,14.55790475,0.00000000 X #EditableMarkerStyle4 Battle of Philippines <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">October 20, 1944 to March 03, 1945. The battle ended after the fall of Manila in very HEAVY STREET fighting reminiscent of Warsaw. Japan lost nearly 150,000 Soldiers and killed 200,000 Philippine civilians and 100,000 in Manila alone. America had 30,000 casualties in the invasion and conquest of the Philippines.</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">Ranked 20th in all time battles of World War II</TEXTFORMAT> 1 121.00898895,14.59528533,0.00000000 2 #EditableMarkerStyle5 Battle of Manila Bay (1898) <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">At daybreak on Sunday 1 May, George Dewey aboard the protected cruiser USS Olympia led a small squadron of ships into Manila Bay. Two mines were exploded but were ineffective. Shortly after five A.M., the Spanish shore batteries and the Spanish fleet opened fire. At 5:40 with the now famous phrase, "You may fire when ready, Gridley," the Olympia's captain was instructed to begin the barrage that resulted in the destruction of the Spanish flotilla.</TEXTFORMAT> 1 120.77346955,14.53414401,0.00000000 1 #EditableMarkerStyle6 Registry of Sunken Ships <TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">Treasure Stories</TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2">In April 1942 US minelayer Harrison dumped boxes of Filipino coin, to the value of 5 million, into Manila Bay at a depth of 18 fathoms to avoid them falling into Japanese hands. The Japanese did in fact recover 2.25 million. Later, an American recovered the bulk of what was left but there still remains about 1 million to salvage.</TEXTFORMAT> 1 120.92178497,14.56737508,0.00000000 T 120.76660309,14.51087927,0.00000000 11 14.757692308795596 14.2637907477693 121.26957092447263 120.26363525552732 road com.afcomponents.umap.providers.microsoft::MicrosoftProvider The most amazing sunsets in the world ...