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Homonhon Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (113 words) |
 | Homonhon Island is an island of the Philippines. |
| Magellan's three surviving vessels passed the Marianas, but did not land, even though he was out of food, after crossing the Pacific Ocean. |
| He landed on the island of Homonhon March 16, 1521, when Homonhon was uninhabited. |
| Leyte Gulf (150 words) |
| Leyte Gulf is the body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean. |
| The gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, which is separated from Leyte on the west by the narrow San Juanico Strait[?], and on the south by Mindanao, separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait[?]. |
| Dinagat Island[?] partly encloses the gulf to the southeast, and the small Homonhon Island[?] (notable as the first landfall of Ferdinand Magellan after crossing the Pacific), sits astride the eastern entrance to the gulf. |
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