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Apo Reef

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Apo Reef is a coral reef system in the Philippines, in the waters off Occidental Mindoro province within the Mindoro Strait, covering 34 square kilometers. It ranks as the second largest contiguous coral reef system in the world and the largest in the Philippines, and it is protected as the Apo Reef Natural Park, jointly administered by the national Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the municipal government of Sablayan.

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Apo Reef is a coral reef system in the Philippines situated in the western waters of Occidental Mindoro province in the Mindoro Strait.
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