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{{Short description|Strait in Central Visayas, Philippines}}
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{{Infobox body of water
| name                   = '''Cebu Strait'''
| other_name             = Bohol Strait
| etymology              = {{hlist | [[Cebu]] | [[Bohol]]}}
| location               = [[Central Visayas]]
| pushpin_map            = Visayas#Philippines
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt        =
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location within the Philippines
| coordinates            = {{coord|9|49|39|N|123|41|26|E|region:PH_type:waterbody|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| coor_pinpoint          =
| part_of                = {{hlist | [[Bohol Sea]] | [[Camotes Sea]]}}
| image                  = Cebu Strait.JPG
| alt                    =
| caption                = The strait with [[Cebu Island]] in the background
| type                   = [[strait]]
}}

'''Cebu Strait''' ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]: ''Kipot ng Cebú''; also '''Bohol Strait''') is a [[strait]] in the [[Central Visayas]] region in the [[Philippines]].

==Geography==
The Cebu Strait (and its 3 channels, the [[Mactan Channel|Mactan]], the [[Olango Island Group|Olango]], & the [[Hilutangan Channel|Hilutangan]]) connects the western part of the [[Bohol Sea]] with the [[Camotes Sea]], and separates the island [[Provinces of the Philippines|provinces]] of [[Cebu]] and [[Bohol]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cebu Strait: Philippines|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3340260&fid=4981&c=philippines|work=Geographical Names|publisher=Geographic.org|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref>

==Transport==
The strait is a major sea-lane connecting [[Cebu City]] on the strait's northern end with port cities in the south such as [[Dumaguete]] in [[Negros Oriental]] and [[Cagayan de Oro]] in [[Northern Mindanao]].

[[Mactan Island]], on the northern end of the strait, has [[Mactan–Cebu International Airport]], one of the major airports in the country.

==See also==
*[[Canigao Channel]] - connects the eastern part of the [[Bohol Sea]] with the [[Camotes Sea]]
*[[Tañon Strait]] - separates the islands of [[Negros (Philippines)|Negros]] and [[Cebu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{List of Philippine seas}}

[[Category:Straits of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Bohol Sea]]
[[Category:Landforms of Cebu]]
[[Category:Landforms of Bohol]]
[[Category:Maritime Southeast Asia]]


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