Bashi, or BATANES ISLANDS, the most northerly small cluster of islets in the Philippine chain of islands, lying between Luzon and Formosa. Politically, they are a dependency of the Philippines; but physically, they form a link in the vast archi- pelago extending from Formosa to Sumatra (see PHILIPPINE ISLANDS). They consist of three larger and many smaller islets. Area, 127 sq. m.; pop. 8250.
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