Hilutangan Channel Explained

Hilutangan Channel
Pushpin Map:	Visayas#Philippines
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:	10.2725°N 124.0142°W
Type:	channel

Hilutangan Channel (or Gilutungan Channel) is a deep water channel that separates Mactan Island from Olango Island.

The Mactan Reef Flat lies on the port (left) side of this channel and the Olango Reef Flat lies on the starboard (right) side of this channel.

It is one of the three channels that connect the Cebu Strait to the Camotes Sea:

• the Mactan Channel (which separates Cebu from Mactan)
• the Hilutangan Channel (which separates Mactan from Olango)
• the Olango Channel (which separates Olango from Bohol).

The holotype of the sea snail Tosapusia sauternesensis was described in the channel.^[1]

See also

• Canigao Channel - separates the islands of Bohol and Leyte
• Tañon Strait - separates the islands of Negros and Cebu

External links

• Hilutangan Channel Map (location & coral reefs detail)

Notes and References

1. Fedosov . Alexander E. . Puillandre . Nicolas . Herrmann . Manfred . Dgebuadze . Polina . Bouchet . Philippe . Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2017 . 179 . 3 . 541–626 . 2022-03-23 . English.