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Southeast Asia, Central Luzon

Subic Bay

Olongapo baywalk shoreline

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyLegal to collect

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery bits, modern debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Spanish naval arsenal 1885, then US Naval Base Subic Bay until 1992; a century of fleet liberty town on this bay

Base era heavily documented; a century of naval harbor implies glass, but no published sea glass or bottle finds from this shore

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Urban harbor water qualityBoat traffic, sharp debris

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