# Barit

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{{Short description|Island in Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines}}
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| name                            = Barit
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| waterbody                       = [Babuyan Channel](/source/Babuyan_Channel)
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| archipelago                     = [Babuyan Islands](/source/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>
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| country                         = [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| country_admin_divisions_title   = Region
| country_admin_divisions         = [Cagayan Valley](/source/Cagayan_Valley)
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province
| country_admin_divisions_1       = [Cagayan](/source/Cagayan)
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality
| country_admin_divisions_2       = [Aparri](/source/Aparri%2C_Cagayan)
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Barangay
| country_admin_divisions_3       = [Fuga Island](/source/Fuga_Island)
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'''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](/source/Cagayan), [Philippines](/source/Philippines). It is under the jurisdiction of [Barangay Fuga Island](/source/Fuga_Island) in the municipality of [Aparri](/source/Aparri%2C_Cagayan).

== Location and geography ==
Barit Island is north of [Luzon](/source/Luzon) Island in the [Luzon Strait](/source/Luzon_Strait). Part of the [Babuyan Islands](/source/Babuyan_Islands), Barit is {{convert|0.75|mi}} west of nearby [Fuga Island](/source/Fuga_Island). [Mabag Island](/source/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](/source/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](/source/List_of_islands_in_the_Philippines)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Islands of Cagayan
Category:Private islands of the Philippines

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