Luzon Strait
Sign in to savestrait between Taiwan and Luzon island of the Philippines
Key facts
- Location
- Southeast Asia and East Asia
- Basin countries
- Luzon island of the Philippines , Taiwan
- Max width
- 250 kilometers (160 mi)
- Max depth
- ca. 4,000 meters (13,000 ft)
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- Image
- Admiralty Chart No 3804 Luzon Strait, Published 1925.jpg
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- Luzon Strait
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Old map of the Luzon Strait The Luzon Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Luzon, Chinese: 呂宋海峽; pinyin: Lǚsòng hǎixiá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lū-sòng Hái-kiap) is the strait between Luzon and Taiwan. The strait thereby connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea in the western Pacific Ocean.
This body of water is an important strait for shipping and communications. Many ships from the Americas use this route to go to important East Asian ports. Many submarine communications cables pass through the Luzon Strait. These cables provide important data and telephony services to: mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. These cables also connect to Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, and Thailand. The Luzon strait also hosts cables that span Southeast Asia and the Western coasts of the Americas, mainly: the United States, and Mexico.