Sibutu Passage

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Sibutu Passage Coordinates: 4°50′N 119°35′E / 4.833°N 119.583°E / 4.833; 119.583 is a safe and deep channel some 18 miles (29 km) wide that separates Borneo from the Sulu Archipelago. It has a deep sill allowing entry of deep water into the Sulu basin while connecting the Sulu Sea with the Sulawesi Sea that feeds from the Pacific Ocean by the Mindanao Current.

At the last glacial maximum it was one of only two entrances to the Sulu Sea, along with Mindoro Strait, while the Sulu Islands and most of the other Philippine Islands were one connected island.

References

Philippine Islands Sailing Directions, third edition of the bulletin prepared in the office of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey at Manila by Harry L. Ford, nautical expert (Washington, DC: Bureau of Printing, 1906), p. 171
Lambert Anthony B. Meñez, Cesar L. Villanoy and Laura T. David. "Movement of Water Across Passages Connecting Philippine Inland Sea Basins" (Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, November 6, 2006)

External links

Map of Sibutu Passage (channel), Philippines Encarta - MSN
Malaysia Map - Malaysia Satellite Image - Geology.com

v t e Seas of the Philippines

Ocean	Pacific Ocean

Sea	Bohol Sea Camotes Sea Celebes Sea Philippine Sea Samar Sea Sibuyan Sea Sulu Sea Visayan Sea South China Sea

Strait	Balabac Strait Cebu Strait Guimaras Strait Iloilo Strait Luzon Strait Mindoro Strait San Bernardino Strait San Juanico Strait Surigao Strait Tablas Strait Tañon Strait

Gulf	Albay Gulf Davao Gulf Lagonoy Gulf Leyte Gulf Lingayen Gulf Moro Gulf Panay Gulf Ragay Gulf

See also: Bodies of water of the Philippines

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