An island over 100 million years old in the West Sea.

(CMO) The cluster of islands including Ong Ngo Island, Trui Island, and Da Bac Island covers an area of ​​approximately 6.43 hectares and belongs to Khanh Binh Tay commune, Tran Van Thoi district. This is the closest island to the shore (about 500 meters) and is associated with the most mysterious legends in the western coastal region of Ca Mau.

Hon Da Bac (Silver Rock Island) has many small, egg-shaped rocks rising from the sea, surrounding the island. When sunlight shines on these rocks, they ripple on the water's surface, creating beautiful white, silvery rock formations. According to geologists, Hon Da Bac was formed over 100 million years ago.

Hon Da Bac (Silver Rock Island) has many small, egg-shaped rocks jutting out from the sea, surrounding the island. When sunlight shines on these rocks bobbing on the water's surface, they create beautiful, silvery-white rock formations.

Da Bac is known as a mysterious "fairyland" created by nature. The island features many uniquely shaped rocks, such as the Hon Trui cluster, which rises from the sea as a cluster of rocks with no living creatures; and Ban Tay Tien (Fairy's Hand), a natural rock formation resembling a hand raised to the sky, with the back of the hand facing the sea and the palm facing the mountain, as if protecting Da Bac from storms. Particularly noteworthy is the small well at the highest point of the island, shaped like a footprint, hence the local names Ban Chan Tien (Fairy's Footprint) or Gieng Tien (Fairy's Well).

The sun sets over Hon Trui peak.

Da Bac is also a spiritual hub, as it houses the Tam Thanh Temple, the Tiger Cave, and especially the Nam Hai Mausoleum, which records fishermen's accounts of whales rescuing people in distress at sea and houses the largest whale skeleton in the western Ca Mau sea region. Every year on the 23rd day of the 5th lunar month, the Nghinh Ong Festival takes place here to pray for calm seas, favorable weather, national peace and prosperity, and abundant catches of shrimp and fish.

The legend of the Fairy Hand lies on the left side when coming from the mainland.

The largest and most intact whale skeleton in Ca Mau is located at Nam Hai Whale Temple - a place deeply rooted in the spiritual beliefs of the people of this coastal region.

Not only mysterious, legendary, and spiritual, Silver Rock Island also bears the indelible mark of the heroic deeds of our people and army in the resistance against foreign invaders. Particularly during the period of national construction and defense, this place commemorates the glorious victory of the Vietnamese security forces from 1981-1984 in Operation CM12, defeating the sabotage and subversive plot to overthrow the socialist regime by foreign exiles in collusion with domestic reactionary forces led by Le Quoc Tuy and Mai Van Hanh.

On June 22, 2009, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recognized the Hon Da Bac site - the command center of the CM12 counter-intelligence plan (September 9, 1981 - September 9, 1984) - as a national historical site.

Performed by Huynh Lam

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