Visayan Sea

Geographical location

The Visayan Sea is a small part of the Pacific Ocean and is located in the center of the Visayan Islands, which form the central part of the Philippines.

The center of the Visayan Sea is approximately 11.5 degrees north latitude and 123.3 degrees east longitude. It is connected in the north- west over the Jintotolo channel with the Sibuyan Sea, in the northeast with the Samar Sea, in the southeast with the Camotes Sea, on the Tanon Strait in the south-west with the Mindanaosee ( Bohol Sea ) and the Guimaras Strait in the southwest with the Gulf of Panay.

The Visayan Sea is surrounded by the following islands: Panay in the West, Negros and Cebu in the south, the east and Leyte Masbate to the north. In the western part of the Visayas Sea lie to the northeast before the island of Panay, the Bancal Bay in front, the small island archipelago of the Gigantes Islands and the islands Binuluangan, Calagnaan and Sicogon. At the entrance to the island of Guimaras Strait Pan de Azucar, on which the 606 -meter-high Mount Manaphaga rises and forms a striking landmark is located.

It forms the north, on the coast of Masbate, the Gulf of Asid, in which the islands Chico, Naro and Peña are. In the south of the Visayan Sea are Bantayan, Kinatarkan, Hilantagaan, and Carnaza and Malapascua Iceland off the northern tip of Cebu, before the North Cape of Leyte is Higatangan Iceland. In the south of the Sea is the marine reserve Sagay Marine Reserve, covering an area of 325 km ².