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	San Juanico Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The San Juanico Bridge is the longest bridge in the Philippines, with a length of 2 km.
		It crosses the San Juanico Strait, bridging the islands of Samar and Leyte.
		It offers many picturesque views, especially of the San Juanico Strait with its thousand whirlpools as well as the islets of the province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juanico_Bridge (123 words)

	Samar (island) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The island is separated from Leyte by the San Juanico Strait, which at its narrowest point is only about two kilometers across.
		This strait is crossed by the San Juanico Bridge.
		Samar lies southeast of the Bicol Peninsula on Luzon, the country's largest island; the San Bernardino Strait separates the two.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/sa/samar__island_.html (174 words)

	Strait: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Strait
		A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses.
		That is, while straits lie between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, isthmuses lie between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.
		San Juanico Strait[?] - between Samar[?] and Leyte islands in the Philippines
	www.encyclopedian.com /st/Strait.html (542 words)

	San Carlos
		San Carlos (AVP-51) was laid down on 17 September 1942 by the Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Wash.; launched on 20 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs.
		Arriving at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, on the 24th, she downed an enemy plane on the 27th, and tended patrol planes.
		Arriving at San Juanico Strait on the 22nd, she shot down another enemy plane on the 26th and tended seaplanes there until 22 January 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s4/san_carlos.htm (507 words)

	San Juanico Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		San Juanico Strait is a narrow strait in the Philippines.
		At its narrowest point, the strait is only 2 km wide.
		It is crossed by San Juanico Bridge.It is the world's narrowest strait.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juanico_Strait (75 words)

	Leyte (island) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the north it nearly joins Samar, separated by the San Juanico Strait, which becomes as narrow as 2 km (1.2 mi) in some places.
		To the south Leyte is separated from Mindanao by the Surigao Strait.
		To the east, Leyte is somewhat "set back" from the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, Samar to the northeast and Dinagat to the southeast forming the Leyte Gulf.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Leyte (266 words)

	Eastern Visayas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The San Bernardino Strait separates Eastern Visayas from Luzon in the southeast while the Surigao Strait separates the province of Leyte from the northeastern part of Mindanao.
		The San Juanico Strait separates the islands of Samar and Leyte.
		The San Juanico Bridge connects the islands of Leyte and Samar, across the San Juanico Strait.
	www.evis.net.ph /subregions/subregion8.htm (545 words)

	Philippine Provinces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bounded on the north by the Carigara Bay and on the east by San Juanico Strait, by the Visayan Sea on the west, and on the south by the province of Southern Leyte.
		It's deepwater harbor, strategically located where the San Juanico Strait meets San Pedro Bay, is one of the finest in the Visayas.
		With an economic hinterland that includes the fertile Leyte Plain and the nearby coast of Samar, Tacloban is the main port of shipment for copra, abaca, fish, and timber from the region.
	www.bpre.gov.ph /scripts/phistory.asp?codeprov=LY (2236 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Famous For (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Crossing over the San Juanico Strait, it connects Barangay Cabalawan, Tacloban City on the Leyte side and Sta.
		San Juanico Bridge is the longest and most beautifully designed bridge in the Philippines.
		It offers many picturesque views, especially of the San Juanico Strait with its thousand whirlpools as well as the lovely islets of the province.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=famousefor&province=44 (329 words)

	About Leyte Province, Philippines
		San Diego (Buraueun) Site of one of the fiercest battles fought in Leyte for the liberation; Japanese cemetery frequently visited by memorial tour groups.
		Commonly called Baluarte San Jose where remnants of World War II - 2 Japanese pill boxes and a cannon still exist and preserved for viewing; panoramic view of Leyte Gulf and Samar Island.
		The Tacloban Festival kicks off with the Subiran Regatta, an annual sailboat race held at the eastern entrance of the San Juanico Strait.
	islandsaccommodations.com /places/leyte.htm (2696 words)

	GlobalPinoy, Travel - Leyte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Leyte is surrounded in the north by Carigara Bay, east by San Juanico Strait and Leyte Gulf, west by Visayas Sea and Ormoc Bay, and in the south by Southern Leyte.
		The Tacloban Festival is an annual sailboat race held at the eastern part of the San Juanico Strait.
		San Juanico Bridge - Crossing over San Juanico Strait, Brgy.
	www.globalpinoy.com /travel/province/leyte.php (909 words)

	Photo Gallery
		The country's longest bridge is the San Juanico Bridge, a steel structure connecting the islands of Samar and Leyte.
		Built in 1973 under the Marcos administration, the 2.16-kilometer bridge crosses over the picturesque San Juanico Strait as a part of the Maharlika Highway.
		Among the longest bridges in the world are the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the East Bridge-Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark, the Hoga Kusten in Sweden, and the Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong.
	www.geocities.com /rpmirc/photo.htm (355 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Leyte
		The island of Leyte lies south of the island of Samar, separated by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and east of the islands of Cebu and Bohol.
		The land is mountainous with a very rugged range cutting the island in half from the northwest to the southeast, hampering travel within the province.
		To be the regional seat of heavy industries having in the province the Leyte Industrial Estate in Isabel, the Regional Industrial Center in Tacloban City and the Provincial Industrial Center in Ormoc.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/leyte.htm (1309 words)

	Region 8 Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Eastern Visayas, also known as Region 8 is comprised by the island of Leyte, Biliran and Samar.
		are separated by the narrow but navigable an picturesque San Juanico Strait, spanned by the famous and longest (2.2 kilometers) bridge in Asia, the San Juanico Bridge.
		The region is bounded on the south by Surigao, south of Leyte island; on the north by the tip of the Bicol Peninsula, north of Samar island; on the west by Visayas and Camotes Seas; and on the east by the mighty Pacific Ocean.
	www.doh.gov.ph /region08/r8hprof.htm (498 words)

	USS Zaurak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On 23 October, she departed Bougainville in the Solomons with a convoy of 31 ships bound for the Philippines with reinforcements and supplies for the forces that had just invaded Leyte.
		She steamed into Leyte Gulf at the head of the convoy on 29 October and anchored in San Pedro Bay.
		Initially, conditions in the San Pedro Bay anchorage were quiet enough; but, when she moved to the San Juanico Strait anchorage on the 31st, enemy air activity—occasioned by the proximity of Tacloban airfield—rose markedly.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/AK/Zaurak.html (987 words)

	Tacloban -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is the largest city and distributing centre in the eastern Visayas (Leyte and Samar).
		It lies southwest of the island of Samar, with which it is linked by a 7,093-foot (2,162-metre) bridge (completed in 1973) across the narrow San Juanico Strait.
		The Samar and Bohol (Mindanao) seas lie to the north and south, and Leyte Gulf occupies a large basin...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9070870?tocId=9070870 (279 words)

	Taiwan Strait or Taiwan Straits
		But the Taiwan Strait is just one strait, one body of water between Taiwan and China, and all maps call it "the Taiwan Strait." Other famous straits in the world include the Stait of Gilbraltor and the Bering Strait, among over 100 others.
		is flanked by the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Taiwan Straits to the...
		Most dictionaries in print and online show "strait" to be a singular word, except when used in the plural for more than one strait.
	taiwanstrait.blogspot.com /2005/02/its-called-taiwan-strait-folks-not.html (2658 words)

	Tacloban Travel Tips and Information - Tacloban Travel Hotels Resorts Lodging Discounts Philippines
		Amid densely forrested hills sits Lake Danao National Park, which has the 3 km long lake said to be the habitat of the giant eel, at an elevation of 1600 meters.
		San Juanico Bridge, which connects Leyte to Samar, is the longest and said to be the most beautifully designed bridge in the Philippines.
		It is kicked off by the Subiran Regatta, a sailboat race held at the eastern entrance of San Juanico Strait.
	alltravelnetwork.com /Philippines/travelinfo/tacloban_informations.html (471 words)

	SuperCat - SuperFerry Travel and Leisure - Destinations
		The San Juanico Bridge, 2 km long and one of the most beautiful bridges in southeast asia, joins it to the island of Samar across the San Juanico Strait.
		Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum boasts the painting of the 14 station of the cross done by Filipino artists and a bas-relief of the legend of the first Filipino man and woman (Malakas and Maganda).
		It features the picturesque San Juanico Strait with a thousand whirlpool, lovely islets and view.
	www.supercat.com.ph /destinations.asp?code=ley (258 words)

	Leyte - Part 10 of The 32nd 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division in WWII
		Fifteen miles to the south, XXIV Corps landed at San Jose and Dulag with the 96th Infantry Division and 7th Infantry Division side by side.
		The initial objectives for X Corps were for the 1st Cavalry Division to turn north from their landing beach and secure Tacloban (the capital of Leyte) and its important air strip.
		Then this division was to secure the San Juanico Straight, the short, narrow stretch of water that separates Leyte from the island of Samar.
	www.32nd-division.org /history/ww2/32ww2-10.html (10905 words)

	NY.Pilipinas!: Calendar of Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is said that the image of the dark Virgin was brought from Acapulco to the Philippines by Spanish sailors in 1626 on a "miraculously" calm voyage across turbulent Pacific waters.
		Groomed and decorated with flowers, the carabao is shown off in a parade that ends in church where the beast of burden is made to kneel.
		The town fiesta of Angono is also the fishermen's thanksgiving festival held in honor of their patron, San Clemente.
	www.nyz.com /Archive/Pilipinas!/calendar.html (1810 words)

	DANFS: USS Willoughby (AGP-9)
		The enemy's southern force was heading through the Sulu Sea in the direction of Surigao Strait; his central force was crossing the Sibuyan Sea toward the San Bernardino Strait; and a northern force of Japanese carriers was north of Luzon, hoping to lure the American fast carrier task force away from Leyte Gulf.
		She continued loading operations at Green Island, Emirau Island, and Manus before returning to the Philippines, anchoring in San Juanico Strait on 18 January.
		Willoughby weighed anchor on 7 June and headed for Brunei Bay, rendezvousing in Balabac Strait on the 8th with the Brunei assault force, and continued in company with those warships for the remainder of the voyage toward her objective.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/AGP/agp9.html (3030 words)

	"REGION VIII" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Between the central and the northeastern range fronting San Juanico Strait lies the largest lowland in the province, Leyte Valley.
		Bounded on the north by Northern Leyte, on the south by the Surigao Strait, on the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the west by the Canigao Channel and the Visayas Sea, Southern Leyte holds one of the most important sites in Philippine history.
		The San Juanico Strait separates Leyte and Samar.
	www.livinginthephilippines.com /region8.html (1436 words)

	yehey! News
		During Marcosâ long tenure as president, a few noteworthy and controversial landmarks were built in Tacloban.
		First is the magnificent San Juanico Bridge, which spans the San Juanico Strait and connects the island of Samar to Leyte.
		Ships headed for Cebu pass through this strait and cruise slowly under the bridge, which is said to be the longest in the Philippines.
	www.yehey.com /news/print.aspx?a=75284 (599 words)

	Samar -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It lies between the Samar and Philippine seas and is separated from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon (northwest) by the San Bernardino Strait.
		A bridge across the San Juanico Strait connects Samar with Leyte…;
		A bridge across the San Juanico Strait connects...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9065185 (635 words)

	THE LEYTE PARK - MAGSAYSAY BLVD. TACLOBAN CITY (BRIDGES TRAVEL & TOURS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This cozy restaurant is adjacent to the Veranda Café and specializes in grilled seafoods coming in fresh from San Pedro Bay.
		The RESORT is nestled on a 6-hectared parkland where the world's narrowest strait, the San Juanico Strait, and San Pedro bay converge.
		It sits atop a hill overlooking the beautiful San Juanico Strait And San Pedro Bay.
	www.bridgestravel.com /leyte-park/index2.htm (653 words)

	EVISNet Local News - LSDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rita LGU are preparing a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to established and jointly manage the Sta.
		Rita Mariculture Zone, which will be situated at the Samar-side of the San Juanico Strait.
		The town has already passed the ordinances and Mayor Tiopes is in the process of inviting President Arroyo to be the special guest during the occasion scheduled this January 2005.
	evis.net.ph /lsde/archives/2005/January/january13a.htm (189 words)

	SuperCat - SuperFerry Travel and Leisure - Destinations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nino Basilica and Museum, off Osmena Avenue, was built in 1565 and houses the country's oldest religious relic, the Image of Holy Child Jesus or Sto.
		Fort San Pedro, the smallest fort and the oldest Spanish settlement in the Philippines, has since been used as prison for Cebuano rebels during the Spanish era.
		Now it has been transformed into a park with a zoo and the main building now houses a museum.
	www.supercat.com.ph /destinations.asp?send=yes&code=ley (266 words)

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