Batorampon Point

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Template:Infobox landform Template:Infobox mountain Batorampon Point is the westernmost point of the island of Mindanao (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) in the Philippines and has been named so since the mid-19th century.[1][2][3] The rocky cliff, located within the limits of the City of Zamboanga, was previously known as Batalampon Point, becoming Batorampon Point in the 1940s.[4][5] The point is located just north of Labuan, about Script error: No such module "convert". from downtown Zamboanga City.

Batorampon Point is also the alleged name[6] of the highest elevation in Zamboanga City located in Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. The peak was not named in the 1940s topography map of the region by the U.S. Army's topographic engineering agency, the Army Map Service.[4] When it was named Batorampon Point is not known.

References

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  1. Bowring, Sir John (1859). "A Visit to the Philippines", pg. 417. Smith, Elder & Co., London.
  2. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1906) "Philippine Island Sailing Directions", pg. 23. Manila Bureau of Printing.
  3. "Batorampon Point". Traveling luck. Retrieved on 2011-10-01.
  4. a b U.S. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers "Kabasalan - Zamboanga City Map". University of Texas in Austin Library. Retrieved on 2011-10-01.
  5. Great Britain Hydrographic Department (1902). "Eastern Archipelago, Part 1: Eastern part". pg. 324.
  6. "Bodies of water surrounding Zamboanga City" Zamboanga.com.

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