Camotes Sea
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The Camotes Sea is a small sea within the
islets
.
Northwards, the sea is connected to the Visayan Sea. Southwards, it is connected to the Bohol Sea (also called the Mindanao Sea) in two ways: to the southwest by the Cebu Strait (and its three channels, the Mactan, the Olango, and the Hilutangan), and to the southeast by the Canigao Channel.
The Camotes Sea also contains the
barrier reef
in the Philippines, which is a very rare geological formation, and there are only 6 double barrier reefs in the world. It comprises two sets of large coral reefs that formed offshore on a submarine ridge due to a combination of favorable tidal currents and coral growth in the area.
See also
- Geography of the Visayas — the central island group of the Philippines.
- Cebu Strait — the strait between the islands of Cebu and Bohol, which connects the Camotes Sea to the Bohol Sea (west part).
- Canigao Channel — the strait between the islands of Bohol and Leyte, which connects the Camotes Sea to the Bohol Sea (east part).
- barrier reef of the Philippines.
- connected to the sea.
