Suluan
Suluan is an island barangay in the Philippines, in the municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It lies east of Leyte Gulf and west of Emden Deep. The inhabitants of the island were the first Filipinos to trade and interact with Ferdinand Magellan's expedition which anchored on the nearby island of Homonhon on March 16, 1521.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (150 feet)
- …is also known as “Suluan Island”
- Description: island in the Philippines
- Category: island
- Location
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Latitude
10.9295° or 10° 55′ 46″ north
Longitude
125.831° or 125° 49′ 52″ east
Open location code
7Q27WRHJ+RC
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Waray—“Suluan” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Suluan Island”
- Cebuano: “Pulo sa Suluan”
- Cebuano: “Suluan”
- Filipino: “Suluan”
- German: “Suluan-Insel”
- German: “Suluan”
- Japanese: “スルアン”
- Japanese: “スルアン島”
- Portuguese: “Suluan”
- Spanish: “Isla de Suluan”
- Spanish: “Suluan”
- Tagalog: “Isla ng Suluan”
- Tagalog: “Isla Suluan”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Suluan”
- Tagalog: “Suluan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulú-an”
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