San Juanico Strait () is a narrow

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

in the Eastern Visayan region in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. It separates the islands of

Samar Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided in ...

and

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has been ...

and connects

Carigara Bay Carigara Bay (; ), is a large bay in the northern part of Leyte in the Philippines. The bay is bounded by Leyte (province), Leyte to its western, southern and eastern parts. References

Bays of the Philippines Landforms of Leyte (province) ...

( Samar Sea) with the San Pedro Bay (

Leyte Gulf Leyte Gulf, also known simply as the Leyte, 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 ...

). 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 (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a popu ...

City harbor, the main port of the

Eastern Visayas Eastern Visayas (; ; ; ) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands: Samar, Leyte, and Biliran. The region has six provinces: Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Easte ...

, 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.

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* Straits of the Philippines Landforms of Leyte (province) Landforms of Samar (province) {{EVisayas-geo-stub