View of the steep Malindig Volcano between Melchor and Baltazar Islands off the coast of Gasan.
The sea between Mindoro and Marinduque is often choppy. The worst peacetime maritime disaster in the world occured here (Dec. 20, 1987), when the ferry "Dona Paz" carrying more than 4,000 passengers disembarked from Tacloban City to Manila and collided with MT Vector, an oil tanker en route from Bataan to Masbate.
"Dona Paz" was situated at Dumali point, east of Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro along Tablas Strait near these small islands. The Vector's cargo ignited upon collision as it carried 8,800 barrels of gasoline, the fire spreading rapidly into the Dona Paz and the sea itself, a nightmarish sight visible from Marinduque's western coasts.
Time Magazine called it the "worst peace-time maritime disaster of the 20th century". The 2008 World Almanac recorded the death toll at 4,341. 
The shark-infested area of Tres Reyes (Three Kings)Islands. For the brave and adventurous.
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