1600 kilometers
The Batanes island group is the northernmost group of the Philippines. The farthest island in this group is Mavudis Island, also called Yâ??ami Island. Other islands in this group include Batan, Dequey, Itbayat, Ivuhos, Misanga, Sabtang, and Siayan.
1300km
Batanes is located on Batan Island, roughly 410 miles north of Manila. A flight to Basco takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Tawi Tawi is the southern most island
The northernmost part of the Philippines is Y'Ami Island in the Batanes group of islands.
The nearest country to the Philippines is Taiwan, which is located to the north of the Philippines. The distance between the two countries is approximately 250 kilometers (155 miles) at their closest points.
The southernmost island of the Philippines is Tawi-Tawi, located in the autonomous region of Bangsamoro in the southern part of the country.
The capital of Batanes is Basco. It is located on Batan Island and serves as the political and commercial center of the province.
There are 218 kilometers from Batanes in the Phillipines to Tawian. However, if one is talking about Batanes in the country of Peru, that is a much longer distance as one would have to travel the complete Pacific Ocean.
The population of Tawi-Tawi is 450,346.
Tawi-Tawi was created on 1973-09-11.
The area of Tawi-Tawi is 3,426.6 square kilometers.