Hilutangan Channel (or Gilutungan Channel) is a deep water channel that separates Mactan Island from Olango Island.
Hilutangan Channel | |
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Hilutangan Channel Location within the Philippines Hilutangan Channel Hilutangan Channel (Philippines) | |
Location | Central Visayas, Philippines |
Coordinates | 10°16′21″N 124°0′51.12″E / 10.27250°N 124.0142000°E |
Type | channel |
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 holotype of the sea snail Tosapusia sauternesensis was described in the channel.[1]