Leyte Gulf
Leyte Gulf, also known simply as the Leyte, is a gulf in the Eastern Visayan region in the Philippines. The bay is part of the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, and is bounded by two islands; Samar in the north and Leyte in the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Leyte Gulf
- Type: Gulf
- Description: gulf located east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines
- Categories: gulf and body of water
- Location: Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Leyte Gulf” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Golf de Leyte”
- Cebuano: “Golfo sa Leyte”
- Cebuano: “Leyte Gulf”
- Central Bikol: “Leyte”
- Chinese: “萊特灣”
- Czech: “Leytský záliv”
- Czech: “záliv Leyte”
- Dutch: “Golf van Leyte”
- French: “golfe de Leyte”
- French: “Golfe de Leyte”
- German: “Golf von Leyte”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ לייטה”
- Iloko: “Golpo Leyte”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Leyte”
- Italian: “golfo di Leyte”
- Italian: “Golfo di Leyte”
- Japanese: “レイテ湾”
- Korean: “레이테만”
- Latvian: “Leites līcis”
- Macedonian: “Лејтски Залив”
- Marathi: “लेयटे आखात”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Leytebukten”
- Norwegian: “Leytebukten”
- Persian: “خلیج لیته”
- Polish: “Zatoka Leyte”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Leyte”
- Romanian: “Golful Leyte”
- Russian: “Лейте”
- Slovenian: “Leytski zaliv”
- Spanish: “golfo de Leite”
- Spanish: “golfo de Leyte”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Leyte”
- Swedish: “Leytebukten”
- Tagalog: “Golpo ng Leyte”
- Ukrainian: “Лейте”
- Waray (Philippines): “Golpo han Leyte”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gulfo han Leyte”
- Welsh: “Culfor Leyte”
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