{{Short description|Island in Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines}} {{Infobox islands | name = Barit | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Philippines | map_alt = | map_width = | map_caption = Location within the Philippines | map_relief = yes | label = | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|18|52|10|N|121|15|23|E|type:isle_region:PH|display=inline,title}} | waterbody = Babuyan Channel | location = | archipelago = Babuyan Islands | area_ha = 700 | area_footnotes = <ref name = Yu>{{cite web |author1 = Antonio Lopez |title = Entrepreneurs - From Backwater to Fantasy Isle After a Near-Death Experience, a Filipino-Chinese Tycoon Makes an Audacious Move |url = http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz1.html |website = Asiaweek.com |accessdate = 24 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129022015/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz1.html |archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> | elevation_ft = | Country_heading = | country = Philippines | country_admin_divisions_title = Region | country_admin_divisions = Cagayan Valley | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province | country_admin_divisions_1 = Cagayan | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality | country_admin_divisions_2 = Aparri | country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Barangay | country_admin_divisions_3 = Fuga Island | population = | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|center|thumb|type=shape|stroke-width=1|stroke-color=#000000|zoom=10}} }}
'''Barit''' (historically '''Bari''')<ref>{{cite book|author1=U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman|title=United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1|date=1919|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0clBAAAAIAAJ&q=bayas+island+estancia|accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref> is a small, wooded, privately owned island in northern Cagayan, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of Barangay Fuga Island in the municipality of Aparri.
== Location and geography == Barit Island is north of Luzon Island in the Luzon Strait. Part of the Babuyan Islands, Barit is {{convert|0.75|mi}} west of nearby Fuga Island. Mabag Island is only {{convert|0.5|mi}} from Barit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands|url=http://www.pendragon2.50webs.com/cruising-guides/162-phillipines-2008.pdf|publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|accessdate=23 June 2014|page=6|year=2008|archive-date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402030742/http://www.pendragon2.50webs.com/cruising-guides/162-phillipines-2008.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There is a small airstrip on Barit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barit Airstrip|url=http://www.pilotnav.com/airport/airport-41112|website=PilotNav|accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref> Barit was owned by Chinese-Filipino businessman Tan Yu, who purchased the island in 1990.<ref name=Yu /> Barit is currently administered by Barit Island Holdings, a subsidiary of Yu's Asiaworld Internationale.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mary Ann Ll. Reyes|title=Asiaworld, Sta Lucia tie up on bay project|url=http://www.philstar.com/business/248550/asiaworld-sta-lucia-tie-bay-project|website=Philstar|accessdate=24 June 2014}}</ref>
== See also == * List of islands in the Philippines
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Islands of Cagayan Category:Private islands of the Philippines