Iloilo Strait

Iloilo Strait
Aerial view of the strait from Balaan bukid in Guimaras with Iloilo City in the background
Iloilo Strait is located in Visayas
Iloilo Strait
Iloilo Strait
Location within the Visayas
Iloilo Strait is located in Philippines
Iloilo Strait
Iloilo Strait
Iloilo Strait (Philippines)
NASA satellite image taken before May 2007
LocationWestern Visayas
Coordinates10°41′07″N 122°35′21″E / 10.685209°N 122.589194°E / 10.685209; 122.589194
Typestrait
EtymologyIloilo
Part ofSulu Sea
Max. length25 km (16 mi), NE-SW
SettlementsIloilo City

The Iloilo Strait is a strait in the Philippines that separates the islands of Panay and Guimaras in the Visayas, and connects Panay Gulf with the Guimaras Strait. It is the location of the Port of Iloilo, the third-busiest of the ports in the Philippines in number of ships.[1] Iloilo City on Panay is the major city located on the strait with Buenavista and Jordan, both on Guimaras, immediately across the strait from the city. The Iloilo River empties into the strait.

Pump boat ferries cross every few minutes from Iloilo City to Guimaras and vice versa. Ships doing business with the Port of Iloilo often moor in the strait.

  1. ^ "PMO ILOILO". Philippine Ports Authority. Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

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