page_title: Bantayan Island
section_title: National protected areas
hierarchical_section_title: Bantayan Island / Geography / National protected areas
caption_attribution_description: English: Wild orchids growing in Madridejos, Cebu
context_page_description: Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines. It is situated to the west of the northern end of Cebu island, across the Tañon Strait. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 120,447.
  The island is administratively divided into three municipalities:
  Bantayan
  Madridejos
  Santa Fe
  The island area is 108.77 square kilometres. The island is mostly covered with coconut palms; the elevation is mostly below 10 metres, with only one taller hill, at 26 metres, in barangay Atop-atop.
context_section_description: Bantayan and its surrounding islands have been included in several pieces of legislation giving protected status.
caption: Orchids growing in Madridejos
  Uncultivated Vanda coerulea
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