The Sibuyan Sea is a small sea in the Philippines that separates the Visayas from the northern Philippine island of Luzon. It is bounded by the island of Panay to the south, Mindoro to the west, and to the north the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island.
The islands of Romblon lie inside the Sibuyan Sea.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, fought in the seas around the island of Leyte in the Philippines from 23 October to 26 October 1944.
In the Battle of the SibuyanSea it was attacked by carrier aircraft and Musashi was sunk.
Believing that Kurita had been defeated by the airstrikes in the SibuyanSea, and was retiring to Brunei, Halsey set out in pursuit of Ozawa just after midnight with all three carrier groups and Admiral Willis A. Lee's "Task Force 34" of battleships.
N and connected to the Visayan Sea to the southwest, the Philippine Sea to the northeast via the San Bernardino Strait, and the SibuyanSea to the northwest.
It connects with the Arafura Sea to the southeast, the Banda Sea to the southwest, and the Halmahera Sea to the north.
N and connected to the Visayan Sea to the southeast, the Samar Sea to the east, the Sulu Sea to the southwest via the Tablas Strait, and the South China Sea to the northwest via the Verde Island Passage.
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