San Juanico Strait ( war, Sulang han San Juanico) is a narrow
strait
A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean chan ...
in the
Eastern Visayan region in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. It separates the islands of
Samar and
Leyte and connects the
Carigara Bay (
Samar Sea) with the
San Pedro Bay (
Leyte Gulf
Leyte Gulf is a gulf in the Eastern Visayan region in the Philippines. The bay is part of the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, and is bounded by two islands; Samar in the north and Leyte in the west. On the south of the bay is Mindana ...
). It is about long. At its narrowest point, the strait is only wide.
The strait is crossed by the
San Juanico Bridge. The
HVDC Leyte–Luzon power line also crosses the strait through an overhead line at , using a tower on an uninhabited island in the strait. The
Tacloban
Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban ( war, Syudad han Tacloban; fil, Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, a ...
City harbor, the main port of the
Eastern Visayas, is on Cancabato Bay at the southern entrance of the strait.
Gallery
File:San Juanico Bridge.jpg, View of the San Juanico Bridge over the strait, looking southeastward.
File:San Juanico 1.jpg, The San Juanico Bridge at night.
File:Atlas of the Philippine Islands (1900) (14792206793).jpg, 1900 map of the strait.
References
External links
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Straits of the Philippines
Landforms of Leyte (province)
Landforms of Samar (province)
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