Surigao Strait

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body of water strait

Surigao Strait is a narrow body of water in the southern Philippines that separates the islands of Mindanao and Leyte and serves as a vital maritime passage between the Bohol Sea and the Philippine Sea.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Surigao Strait canonical 11
Surigao Strait, Philippines 2
Visayas via Surigao Strait 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
strait ⓘ
adminRegion Caraga ⓘ
Eastern Visayas ⓘ
battleDate 25 October 1944 ⓘ
battleOccurred Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ
battlePartOf Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II
connects Bohol Sea ⓘ
Philippine Sea ⓘ
contestedByDuringWWII Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
controlledByDuringWWII Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
country Philippines ⓘ
hasCityOnShore Liloan, Southern Leyte ⓘ
San Francisco, Surigao del Norte ⓘ
Surigao City ⓘ
hasCurrent strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasHazard narrow channels ⓘ
rough seas ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Dinagat Islands ⓘ
surface form: Dinagat Island

Nonoc Island ⓘ
Panaon Island ⓘ
Siargao Island ⓘ
hasProvinceOnShore Dinagat Islands ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
Southern Leyte ⓘ
Surigao del Norte ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Surigao Strait ⓘ
languageRegion Cebuano-speaking area ⓘ
Waray-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn southern Philippines ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Bohol Sea ⓘ
surface form: Bohol Sea region

Philippine Sea ⓘ
surface form: Philippine Sea region
notableAs site of last battleship-versus-battleship action in history ⓘ
oceanBasin western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Eastern Mindanao region ⓘ
Eastern Visayas ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Visayas region

Philippine Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Philippine archipelago

route between Pacific Ocean and internal Philippine seas ⓘ
separates Leyte ⓘ
Mindanao ⓘ
strategicImportance vital maritime passage between Bohol Sea and Philippine Sea ⓘ
usedFor domestic shipping ⓘ
ferry transport ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
naval navigation ⓘ
waterwayType narrow strait ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leyte Gulf → connectedTo → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Shōji Nishimura → deathPlace → Surigao Strait ⓘ
IJN battleship Yamashiro → locationSunk → Surigao Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surigao Strait, Philippines
Battle of Surigao Strait → location → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Bohol Sea → near → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura → placeOfDeath → Surigao Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Shōji Nishimura
this entity surface form: Surigao Strait, Philippines
Surigao del Norte → borderedByBodyOfWater → Surigao Strait ⓘ
IJN Fusō → locationOfWreck → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Dinagat Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Michishio → locationOfSinking → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Yamashiro escort destroyers → location → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Surigao City → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Surigao Strait ⓘ
Surigao City → isGatewayTo → Surigao Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Visayas via Surigao Strait
Fusō → locationOfSinking → Surigao Strait ⓘ