Palawan Passage
The Palawan Passage is a natural waterway in the southeastern South China Sea to the west of the island of Palawan in the Philippine Islands. It is deep and relatively free of navigational hazards, making it an important shipping route.Palawan Passage
- Type: Strait
- Description: body of water
- Categories: navigation channel and body of water
- Location: Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10° north
Longitude
118° east
Open location code
7P2W2222+22
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 Slovak—“Palawan Passage” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Palawan Passage”
- Chinese: “巴拉望航道”
- Filipino: “Palawan Passage”
- Polish: “Palawan Passage”
- Slovak: “Palawanský prieliv”
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