Mavudis

Not to be confused with Mabudis.

It is part of the province of Batanes. Mavudis (or Mavodis) is the Ivatan name for the island and means "low".

The island is full of vegetation of mango and palm.

The island is uninhabited according to the 2004 Philippine census.

The island is part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc.

Alternative names

Older Batan natives was also called the island Dihami, meaning "north" in Ivatan. By some members of the Spanish colonial government it was called Diami, and it is known as Yami or Y'Ami on most American Colonial Era maps of the Philippines.

The latter should not be confused with the aboriginal Yami of Taiwan that live on islands further north beyond Philippine territorial limits, but are geographically, culturally and linguistically related to the Ivatan.

References

• University of Georgia - a webpage on the Yami of Taiwan