Sibuyan Sea

Geographical location

The Sibuyan Sea is a centrally located between the Philippine islands in the district Mimaropa strait. It is sometimes also abbreviated Sibu Lake.

Geography

The Sibuyan Sea is to the north and east by the island of Luzon, bounded on the south by the island of Panay and the west by the island of Mindoro. Within the Sibuyan Sea lie alongside the island Burias the Romblonen, a group of islands of volcanic origin, which, in addition Tablas and Romblon including the eponymous island of Sibuyan.

In the East, the Sibuyan Sea is in Jintotolo channel in the Visayan Sea over to the west across the Tablas Strait in the Sulu Sea, located on the border of the Sulu Sea Caluya Islands. In the northeast of the Sibuyan Sea lies the Gulf of Ragay, it is separated by the Bondoc Peninsula from the bay of Tayabas in the north. Your easternmost foothills forms the bay of Sorsogon, in the Bicol Region. About the Isla Verde Road, in the northwest, the Sibuyan Sea is connected to the South China Sea.

History

In the waters of Sibuyan Sea took place on July 28, 1646 held the second of the five naval battles of La Naval de Manila, which were received as a victory over the Netherlands in the history of the Philippines.

1944 ( a part of the sea and air battle of Leyte Gulf ) between Americans and Japanese hosted the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea instead. During the battle one of the largest ever built battleships, the Japanese Musashi sank.

On June 22, 2008 sank off the island of Sibuyan, the Princess of the Stars ferry, during Typhoon Fengshen. The ship was on its way from Manila to Cebu City and tore more than 800 passengers to their deaths.

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