San Bernardino Strait - San Bernardino Strait

Japanese: サン･ベルナルディノ海峡 - サンベルナルディノかいきょう（英語表記）San Bernardino Strait

A strait that lies between the southern tip of the Bicol Peninsula in the southeast of Luzon and the northwestern tip of Samar Island in the Philippines. It is narrow, with an average depth of 90 to 180 meters and a width of about 18 km. The two islands of Kapul and Dalpiri lie at the southwest entrance of the strait, and at its narrowest point it is only a few kilometers wide. It is one of two straits that connect the Pacific Ocean to the Philippine Inland Sea, and, along with the Surigao Strait between the islands of Leyte and Mindanao, it is of great strategic importance. [Umehara Hiromitsu]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フィリピン，ルソン島南東部のビコル半島南端とサマール島北西端の間に横たわる海峡。水深は平均90～180m，幅は約18kmと狭い。海峡の南西入口にカプル，ダルピリの二つの島が浮かび，最狭部では数kmにも達しない。太平洋からフィリピン内海に通じる2本の海峡の一つで，レイテ島とミンダナオ島の間のスリガオ海峡とともにその戦略的重要性は高い。【梅原弘光】

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