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{{Infobox body of water
| name                   = San Juanico Strait
| etymology              = 
| location               = {{hlist | [[Samar (island)|Samar]] | [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]]}}
| pushpin_map            = Visayas#Philippines
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt        =
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location within the Philippines
| coordinates            = {{coord|11|20|25|N|124|58|42|E|region:PH_type:waterbody|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| coor_pinpoint          =
| part_of                =
| image                  = Aerial view of San Juanico Bridge.jpg
| alt                    =
| caption                = Aerial view of the [[San Juanico Bridge]] over the strait
| type                   = [[strait]]
}}
'''San Juanico Strait''' ({{langx|war|Sulang han San Juanico}}) is a narrow [[strait]] in the [[Eastern Visayas|Eastern Visayan]] region in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web|title=San Juanico Strait: Philippines|url=http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-3375232&fid=5003&c=philippines|work=Geographical Names|publisher=Geographic.org|accessdate=28 October 2013}}</ref> It separates the islands of [[Samar]] and [[Leyte]] and connects [[Carigara Bay]] ([[Samar Sea]]) with the [[San Pedro Bay (Philippines)|San Pedro Bay]] ([[Leyte Gulf]]). It is about {{convert|38|km}} long.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} At its narrowest point, the strait is only {{convert|2|km|mi|1|sp=us}} wide.<ref>{{cite news|title=Endless Samar|url=https://lifestyle.mb.com.ph/2018/02/02/endless-samar/|accessdate=26 March 2018|work=Manila Bulletin|date=2 February 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202540/https://lifestyle.mb.com.ph/2018/02/02/endless-samar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The strait is crossed by the [[San Juanico Bridge]]. The [[HVDC Leyte–Luzon]] power line also crosses the strait through an overhead line at {{Coord|11|23|36|N|124|59|04|E|type:landmark}}, using a tower on an uninhabited island in the strait.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} The [[Tacloban]] City harbor, the main port of the [[Eastern Visayas]], is on Cancabato Bay at the southern entrance of the strait.<ref>{{cite web|title=Port Management Office of Tacloban|url=http://www.ppa.com.ph/tacloban/Tacloban_home.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728021316/http://www.ppa.com.ph/tacloban/Tacloban_home.htm|publisher=Philippine Ports Authority|accessdate=26 March 2018|archive-date=28 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:San Juanico Bridge.jpg|View of the San Juanico Bridge over the strait, looking southeastward.
File:San Juanico 1.jpg|The San Juanico Bridge at night.
File:Atlas of the Philippine Islands (1900) (14792206793).jpg|1900 map of the strait.
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{List of Philippine seas}}

[[Category:Straits of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Landforms of Leyte (province)]]
[[Category:Landforms of Samar (province)]]


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