Tañon Strait
Geographical location
The Tanon Strait (also Tanon Strait ) is a strait in the Philippine archipelago and connects the Visayan Sea in the north- east with the Boholsee in the southwest.
Geography
The Tanon Strait separates the island lying to the west of the Negros lying in the southeastern island of Cebu. It covers an area of 3995 km from ² and has a coastline of 452.7 kilometers. In the Straits are only a few island as the island Sipaway, and its greatest depth is 509 meters below sea level. The coasts of both islands are relatively straight forward, with no major bays, such as the Bais Bay, which cut deeply into the land mass. The road is about 280 km long and at its southern end, it is about 8 km, at its northern end 40 km wide. The southern boundary of the Tanon Strait to the Strait of Cebu is the strait between the two places Dumaguete City and Santander represents the northern border is the San Remigio line to Sagay City.
Ecology
The Tanon Strait is an important marine sanctuary for whales, whale sharks and dolphins. The strait is an important passage of the whale sharks on their way to the bay of Tayabas and the Gulf of Ragay. In the Straits rare marine mammals live as the little sperm whale ( Kogia simus ) and the Melon-headed Whale ( Peponocephala electra ). The marine reserve is called Tanon Strait Protected Landscape / Seascape and extends to the island of Bantayan. The Nautilus is supposed to happen in the still waters. Due to the very straight coast of the Tanon Strait cover only 6.5 km ² mangrove forests to the coastal strip, the largest area is located in the Bais Bay and stands as Talabong Mangrove Reserve under protection. Coral reefs cover an area of 188.2 km ² in the Straits and are popular dive waters, such as around the islands Badian Iceland and Green Iceland. Some of them are protected areas as in Ginatilan.
Economic importance
The Tanon Strait is an important strait vessel traffic from Dumaguete City in the Western Visayas region and the island of Luzon. She has a great importance for the local fishing and an area of 2.9 km ² were constructed aquaculture. Tourism is limited to a few places along the coast, boats for whale watching can be rented for example in Bais City.