Samar Island

E64988

geographical feature island

Samar Island is a large island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and distinct local culture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Samar Island canonical	36
Samar	28
island of Samar	2
Philippines–Eastern Samar	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ island ⓘ
area	about 13,400 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy	Leyte Gulf ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ San Bernardino Strait ⓘ
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
coastline	deeply indented ⓘ
connectedTo	Leyte ⓘ surface form: Leyte Island
connectedToBy	San Juanico Bridge ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ forestry ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Waray people ⓘ
hasFeature	cave systems ⓘ karst landscapes ⓘ limestone formations ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	World War II military operations in Eastern Visayas ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Samar Island Natural Park ⓘ Samar Island Natural Park ⓘ surface form: Samar Island Natural Park (formerly Samar Island National Park)
hasProvince	Eastern Samar ⓘ Northern Samar ⓘ Samar Province ⓘ surface form: Samar
knownFor	caving and spelunking sites ⓘ distinct local culture ⓘ endemic species ⓘ primary lowland forests ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ
largestCityOnIsland	Calbayog ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Visayas ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Visayas ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
majorCity	Borongan ⓘ Catarman ⓘ Catbalogan ⓘ
partOf	Philippine Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Philippine archipelago Visayas ⓘ surface form: Visayan Islands
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ Waray language ⓘ surface form: Waray-Waray
rankByAreaInPhilippines	third-largest island ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
separatedFrom	Luzon ⓘ
separatedFromBy	San Bernardino Strait ⓘ
subjectTo	frequent typhoons ⓘ
terrain	mountainous interior ⓘ rugged ⓘ
tourismAttraction	caves and karst landscapes ⓘ forests and rivers ⓘ
tourismType	eco-tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

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

Waray language → spokenIn → Samar Island ⓘ

Visayas → hasPart → Samar Island ⓘ

Leyte Gulf → borders → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Leyte Gulf → nearbyIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Leyte → neighboringIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Leyte → connectedByBridgeTo → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Leyte → connects → Samar Island ⓘ

subject surface form: San Juanico Bridge

this entity surface form: Samar

Eastern Visayas → containsIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

Lineyte-Samarnon → spokenOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Northern Samar → island → Samar Island ⓘ

Eastern Samar → island → Samar Island ⓘ

Eastern Samar → partOfFormerProvince → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Samar Province → island → Samar Island ⓘ

Samar Sea → borderedBy → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Waray people → primaryIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Waray people → populationRegion → Samar Island ⓘ

San Bernardino Strait → separates → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

San Bernardino Strait → borderedBy → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Region VIII → isComposedOf → Samar Island ⓘ

Region VIII → hasIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

San Juanico Bridge → locatedIn → Samar Island ⓘ

Sinirangan Kabisay-an → locatedInIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

San Juanico Strait → separates → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Waray Wikipedia → primaryRegionServed → Samar Island ⓘ

Borongan → locatedIn → Samar Island ⓘ

Borongan → isGatewayCityOf → Samar Island ⓘ

Borongan → isPortOfEntry → Samar Island ⓘ

World War II military operations in Eastern Visayas → location → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Republic Act No. 4221 → regionConcerned → Samar Island ⓘ

Northern Samareño → associatedWithIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Bobon → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Samar

Capul → locatedNear → Samar Island ⓘ

San Isidro → locatedInIslandGroup → Samar Island ⓘ

subject surface form: San Isidro, Northern Samar

Pambujan → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

Palapag → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

Gamay → locatedOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Mapanas → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

Mondragon → locatedOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Biri → locatedNear → Samar Island ⓘ

Lope de Vega → locatedOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Catarman → locatedIn → Samar Island ⓘ

Catarman → island → Samar Island ⓘ

Samar Island Natural Park → locatedIn → Samar Island ⓘ

Samar Island Natural Park → locatedOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Balangkayan → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Samar

Giporlos → locatedOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Hernani → locatedOnIsland → Samar Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Maydolong → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

Quinapondan → locatedOn → Samar Island ⓘ

Salcedo → locatedInIslandGroup → Samar Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Salcedo, Eastern Samar