Davao Gulf

6.712618125.781555Koordinaten: 6 ° 42 ' 45 "N, 125 ° 46' 54" E

The Davao Gulf lies to the east of the island of Mindanao and thus part of the island state in the Philippines. He has the character of a large bay, as it is almost completely surrounded by the land mass of the island of Mindanao.

Geography

Surrounding the Gulf of Davao is by the mountains of the province of Sarangani to the west and southwest, the mountain range of the apo to the north and northwest, and the mountain ranges in Davao del Norte and San Augustin peninsula on its eastern side, this is the mountain range of the Hamiguitan. At it borders the Philippine provinces of Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

The largest islands in the Gulf waters are Samal Iceland and the island Talikud.

Davao City is the largest and most important harbor on its coast, the city of Tagum City is the second largest. The Island Garden City of Samal Iceland is 800 meters from Davao away and reachable by ferry. The 61.06 km ² large marine national park Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape is located in the northeastern part of the Gulf.

Statistics

The Gulf has a total area of ​​6600 km ² and a coastline of about 500 km. Its average depth is 17 m.

Economic factors

The City of Davao City and the area around the Gulf of Davao have earned in the IT area the nickname Silicon Gulf, as in the recent past, especially in the area along the Gulf many companies in this industry have arisen or have settled there.

The waters of the gulf is rich in fish, corals and shellfish. In addition to milk fish of the Gulf of Davao provides rich fishing grounds and deposits of tuna, shrimp and crab. There are numerous sandy beaches, coral reefs, but also sunken ship wrecks from the Second World War on the coasts.

He is thus both for fishing and for diving and beach tourism of increasingly greater importance. Since its waters are traversed by dolphins as well as whales, whale Sichtungstouren are offered a like attraction.