Hilutangan Channel
Hilutangan Channel (or Gilutungan Channel) is a deep water channel that separates Mactan Island from Olango Island.
| Hilutangan Channel | |
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| Location | Central Visayas, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 10°16′21″N 124°0′51.12″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 other two being Olango Channel and Mactan Channel.
The holotype of the sea snail Tosapusia sauternesensis was described in the channel.[1]
References
- Fedosov, Alexander E.; Puillandre, Nicolas; Herrmann, Manfred; Dgebuadze, Polina; Bouchet, Philippe (2017). "Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179 (3): 541–626. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
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