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 About Camotes Island
Camotes Island is situated in Central Visayas, in the Philippines.
Camotes Islands is located east of Cebu and west of Leyte.
During this season, Camotes Island is frequently visited by typhoons and low depression, wherein it floods the whole island, and blows the native houses' rooftops away.
mingsworld.org /camotes.htm   (864 words)

  
 Camotes Resorts - Islands Camotes , Philippines
Camotes has one leg on the grandeurs and spring times of the past, and one leg on the megalomania and promises of the future.
In the early 70s, Camotes residents have raised this question upon the discovery of what seemed to be an ancient seaside burial ground in Mactang, Poro, Camotes.
In Mactang (Camotes), excavations in the 70s yielded spears, shields, daggers, swords, a skull pierced with an arrowhead, and artifacts such as carnelian beads, blue glass, shell bracelets, iron pendants and crosses.
www.surigaoislands.com /camotes/about_camotes.php   (993 words)

  
  Ca-Cm
N and is connected to the Visayan Sea to the northwest (between the islands of Cebu and Leyte), and to the Bohol Sea to the south via the Tanon Strait and a passage between the islands of Bohol and Leyte.
The Caribbean Sea is composed of several basins that divide the deep circulation.
It is located to the east of the East Siberian Sea, to the north of the Bering Strait, and adjoins the Arctic Ocean proper to the north.
stommel.tamu.edu /~baum/paleo/ocean/node5.html   (7347 words)

  
  Sea - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea.
The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in "the tropical sea" or "down to the sea shore", or even "sea water" to refer to water of the ocean.
Many seas are marginal seas, in which currents are caused by ocean winds; others are mediterranean seas, in which currents are caused by differences in salinity and temperature.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Sea   (495 words)

  
 > Glossary of terms - Physical World - Oceans and Seas - Aanderaa Instruments   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Japan Sea---Pacific Ocean, is a marginal sea bound by the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu and Sakhalin island to the east, and the Korean peninsula and Russia to the west.
Sea of Japan---Pacific Ocean, Asian Seas, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bound by the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu and Sakhalin island to the east, and the Korean peninsula and Russia to the west, greatest known depth: 3,742m, Central Basin
It is separated from the South China Sea in the northeast by Palawan, and from the Celebes Sea in the southeast by the Sulu Archipelago.
www.aanderaa.com /index.asp?ID=458&segment=54&session=   (3240 words)

  
 Invest Visayas: Camotes
Camotes is known as "The Lost Horizon in the South" because of its unspoiled atmosphere.
During this season, Camotes Island is frequently visited by typhoons and low depression, wherein it floods the whole island, and blows the native houses' rooftops away.
Camotes islands have a small airport, however, most of transport to and from the islands is serviced by sea transport.
investvisayas.blogspot.com /2006/10/camotes.html   (947 words)

  
 Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea.
The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in "the tropical sea" or "down to the sea shore", or even "sea water" to refer to water of the ocean.
The Sea of Galilee is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, which is properly called Lake Tiberias or Lake Kinneret on modern Israeli maps, but its archaic name remains in use.
www.anime.co.za /wiki/Sea   (782 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Leyte Province   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Leyte is located west of Samar province, north of Southern Leyte and south of Biliran.
To the west of Leyte across the Camotes Sea is the province of Cebu.
Leyte is bounded by the province of Leyte to the north, by Surigao Strait to the east, Bohol Sea to the south, and Canigao Channel, across from Bohol, to the west.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leyte-Province   (3011 words)

  
 neenerish's official home on the web   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Camotes, with its green hills and rocky cliffs, is clothed with an air of serenity even from a distance.
From one of the resort’s huts on the cliff, I could see a vast white desert from which the sea had receded, the full moon high in the sky painting it silver.
Lake Danao is in the town of San Francisco, on the island of Pacijan, one of the four in the Camotes group of Islands in northern Cebu.
neenerish.multiply.com /tag/camotes   (1069 words)

  
 Camotes Island
Camotes consists of four islands; Pacijan Island, Poro Island (Poro & Tudela), Ponson Island and the tiny Tulang Island.
Ponson island is separated by the Camotes Sea, and lies about (4) four kilometers northeast from Poro island.
Camotes Islands have only narrow trails to many places that are accessible to two wheeled vehicles only.
www.dtiro7.net.ph /camotes.htm   (1449 words)

  
 Conchology, Inc. - About Us - Guphil
The sea has an oiled appearance, little waves without any breakers, very flat, and apart from the silhouette of the Camotes, the horizon is all sea as far as one can see.
Then again, the sea was flat as a mirror and it was fascinating to see small fish break through the surface by the thousands followed by the happy jumps of small tuna and hunted from above by a few surviving gull-type birds.
Miles from the island, the deep blue of the Camotes Sea turned to a soft turquoise, indicating a shallow bottom, and indeed the depth meter showed an average of 12 m.
www.conchology.be /en/aboutus/guphil.php?topic=2&page=3   (1862 words)

  
 Camotes Islands at AllExperts
Camotes Islands consist of four islands, Pacijan Island, Poro Island, Ponson Island and a tiny Tulang Island.
Ponson Island is separated by Camotes Sea, about 4 km northeast from Poro Island.
All four islands are located in Camotes sea, between Cebu island and the province of Leyte.
en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/camotes_islands.htm   (198 words)

  
 Inflight Magazine - Home
The Camotes Islands, consisting of Pacijan, Poro and Ponson, are in the Camotes Sea.
In the early 90s, the townsfolk of Mactang in Poro, Camotes, launched a campaign asserting that the native chieftain Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan (the Spanish conquistador who “discovered” the Philippines) in Mactang, and not on Mactan Island as generally believed.
Like other resorts on Camotes Island, the bathrooms are small and have no divider between the shower and toilet areas, so expect the bathroom floor to get a bit wet when you shower.
www.seair-inflight.com /articles.php?aid=229   (2244 words)

  
 Interactions of Pacific tuna fisheries
The BFAR, under the supervision of the South China Sea Fisheries Programme and with funding from Norway through the Programme of Assistance to Developing Countries in Planning the Utilization of the Living Resources in the Expanded Economic Zones (EEZs), initiated a 1-year tuna-sampling programme in late 1979.
The percentage of Auxis was high (43–72%) for enclosed archipelagic fishing areas (Batangas Coast, Camotes Sea, Bohol Sea) and low (15–22%) for the exposed archipelagic fishing areas (East Sulu Sea, Davao Gulf, Moro Gulf).
Annual length-frequency distributions of bullet tuna capture by ringnets at Danao (Camotes Sea) show the dominant mode to be in the 20–23 cm interval for all years (Figure 16).
www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/T1817E/T1817E20.htm   (4398 words)

  
 Johnny's Dive 'N' Fun - Camiguin Island Philippines
Dotted across the rugged coastline of Camotes are an andless selection of secret coves and beaches that make a favorite stop for divers, beachcombers, sun bathers and snorkelers.
: Camotes Island is surrounded by Camotes Sea.
:Camotes island is home to an interesting variety of caves which provide excellent opportunities for caving.
www.johnnysdive.com /camotes/activities.htm   (215 words)

  
 Properties For Sale Added This Month - Philippine real estate
With a fresh ocean breeze and a panoramic view by the sea.
This property has a breathtaking and spectacular view of Camotes Sea and is just 55km from Cebu City and Mactan International Airport.
Outside the living area is a terrace where you could see the good view of neighboring barangays even until the China sea.
www.islandsproperties.com /properties/newprop.htm   (1584 words)

  
 Bohol Landmarks and Attractions
To the south is Mindanao which is separated from Bohol by the wide Mindanao Sea.
Most fishing towns are found in the northern part of the island, particularly those facing the Camotes Sea.
Its site is on a slightly elevated area in the middle of a beautifully landscaped tropical garden with a wide coconut palm groove which divides the 12 cottages from the nearby beach.
www.worldtourist.us /bohol/landmarks.html   (2025 words)

  
 Cebu Hotels - Travel to Cebu City Philippines.
Camotes Sea surrounds Hiluntungan in the east and Bohol Strait in the south.
It is 15-20 minutes boat ride from the port of Cordova, which is about 30 minutes drive from the Mactan International Airport and Cebu City.This resort is located on a small, remote island and has only water-related activities on the resort.
The hotel is a beachfront paradise, along the eastern shores of the fabled Mactan Island known for its beautiful white beaches, blue seas, sunny skies and hospitable people.
www.cebuislandproperties.com /travel/destination/visayas/cebu_hotels.htm   (622 words)

  
 Australian Information from Wikipedia
For the ancient Jewish unit of volume, see Seah (unit).
For Schools of Engineering and Applied Science, see seas.
Look up sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Sea   (516 words)

  
 Sea - Thagodz Wiki
Winter sea at dusk, West coast of Portugal
Mediterranean Sea on the coast of Antalya, Turkey at sunset
Tasman Sea on the West Coast of New Zealand
www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/?title=Sea   (503 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Even the land is naturally welcoming, as evidenced by the lights that beckon from homes that hug the coast and the waving fronds of coconut palms.
Southern Leyte is bounded on the north by the province of Leyte, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by the Camotes Sea, and on the south by Sogod Bay.
The province is characterized by relatively flat lands along the coastal areas where population centers lay, but rugged and mountainous towards the interior.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=47   (266 words)

  
 OVER SEAS -- July 2003: Coastal Alert
Rafael Nuñal of BFAR said the maximum sustainable yield in the Visayan Sea, 1,726.9 tons, was reached in as early as 1999 and even earlier in Camotes Sea (1998, around 1,711 tons).
French Frigate Shoals, one of the islands, is the nesting ground for 90 percent of the green sea turtles in the Hawaiian Islands.
Under the sea, the NWHI is surrounded by the last wild coral reefs that remain in U.S. waters.
www.oneocean.org /overseas/200307/coastal_alert.html   (3195 words)

  
 VisayanSea
A survey by a team of Navy oceanographers last year ''confirmed the existence of a seamount rising from depths of 300 meters with an almost perfect cone with the peak at only 10 meters from the surface,'' said the report.
A small sea located in the midst of the Visayan Islands that comprise the central portion of the Philippines.
It is centered at about 124 E and 12 N and connected to the Sibuyan Sea to the northwest, the Samar Sea to the northeast, the the Camotes Sea to the southeast, the Bohol Sea to the southwest via the Tanon Strait, and to the Panay Gulf to the southwest via the Guimaras Strait.
www.malapascua.de /Go_to_Malapascua/Logon10__VisayanSea/hauptteil_logon10__visayansea.html   (1068 words)

  
 Camotes Sea Information
The Camotes Sea is a small sea within the Philippine archipelago, between the Eastern Visayas and the Central Visayas.
The sea is connected to the Visayan Sea to the northwest, and to the Bohol Sea to the south by the Canigao Channel and Cebu Strait.
It contains the Camotes Islands and Mactan Island.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Camotes_Sea   (102 words)

  
 Cebu Strait
Cebu Strait, also known as Bohol Strait, in the Philippines, separates the island provinces[?] of Cebu and Bohol.
It connects the western part of Bohol Sea with Camotes Sea[?].
It is a major sealane connecting Cebu City[?] on its northern end with port cities in the south such as Dumaguete City[?] and Cagayan de Oro City[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ce/Cebu_Strait.html   (79 words)

  
 Bohol Sea Information
The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is located between Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines.
The major cities on the sea are Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City, Butuan City, Dumaguete City, Ozamis City, and Tagbilaran City.
The sea connects to the Philippine Sea through the Surigao Strait, to the Camotes Sea through the Canigao Channel and Cebu Strait, and to the Sulu Sea through the strait between Negros Island and Zamboanga Peninsula.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Bohol_Sea   (103 words)

  
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It is bounded in the north by the Visayan Sea; in the east by the Camotes Sea and the Camigao Channel; in the south by the Mindanao Sea; and in the west by the province of Negros Occidental.
Its northern shores face the Camotes Sea and the southern shores face the Mindanao Sea.
In the south of the province is a group of volcanic mountains, the highest of which is Cuernos de Negros with an elevation of 1,903 meters.
www.neda7.net.ph /oldweb/leslie/RPFP/bases.htm   (1856 words)

  
 Conchology, Inc. - About Us - Guphil
It was our intention to head for the Camotes Islands and to dredge on a nice bottom discovered while diving earlier along the coast of Poro, but when Guphil reached open water after leaving the Olango Channel, the wind combined with the high tide made crossing of the Camotes Sea risky.
Mornings in these waters are always very exciting: starting at 4 o’clock one hears the regular tuftuf from the small fishing boats heading to land after a night on the Camotes Sea.
This Sunday is almost windless and the sea is flat as a mirror.
www.conchology.be /en/aboutus/guphil.php?topic=3   (1801 words)

  
 DTI-Cebu The Geography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is bounded on the east by the Camotes Sea, on the west by the Tanon Strait, on the north by the Visayan Sea and on the southeast by the Bohol Strait.
The main island of Cebu is ringed by about 166 smaller islands and islets of which Mactan, Bantayan and Camotes are considered the largest.
Predominantly hilly and mountainous, Cebu's rugged mountain range starts from the Southernmost town of Santander, reaching all the way to the town of Bogo, down to Medellin and Daan Bantayan in the North, although some flat lands can also be found in the northern end of the Cebu.
www.dticebu.net.ph /01_a_02.html   (188 words)

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