Sibutu Passage
Sibutu Passage is a deep channel some 18 miles 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.- Type: Strait
- Description: Pacific deep sea channel
- Also known as: “Sibutu Pass”
Sibutu Passage
- Categories: navigation channel and body of water
- Location: Tawi-Tawi, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.90697° or 4° 54′ 25″ north
Longitude
119.62078° or 119° 37′ 15″ east
Open location code
6PPXWJ4C+Q8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tamil—“Sibutu Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sibutu Passage”
- Chinese: “西布图海峡”
- Chinese: “西布圖海峽”
- Dutch: “Sibutu Passage”
- Indonesian: “Laluan Sibutu”
- Indonesian: “Perlintasan Sibutu”
- Indonesian: “Selat Sibutu”
- Italian: “Passaggio di Sibutu”
- Japanese: “シブツ海峡”
- Malay: “Selat Sibutu”
- Spanish: “Pasaje de Sibutu”
- Tamil: “சிபுத்து நீரிணை”
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