Surigao ( born Surigao Strait ) is a strait in the Philippine archipelago that connects the Mindanao Sea with the Pacific Ocean .
Surigao | |
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English Surigao strait | |
Specifications | |
Width | 22 km |
Length | 100 km |
Deepest | 1000 m |
Location | |
Binds | Mindanao , Philippine Sea |
Divides | Leite and Mindanao Islands |
A country |
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The length of the strait is about 100 km, the smallest width - 22 km. The average depths are 25–54 m, in the south-west the depth reaches 1000 m. The currents are directed to the west and south-west, their speed reaches 50 cm / s. Port - Surigao ( Mindanao Island). In the northeast is in contact with the gulf of Leyte .
Sources
- Surigao // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. ed. A. M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.