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The Jintotolo Channel (or Jintotolo Strait) is the body of water that connects the
Sibuyan Sea 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, Masbate to the east, and to the north Marinduque a ...
with the
Visayan Sea The Visayan Sea is a sea in the Philippines surrounded by the islands of the Visayas. It is bounded by the islands Masbate to the north, Panay to the west, Leyte to the east, and Cebu and Negros to the south. The sea is connected to severa ...
. It is located between the
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islands of Panay and Masbate, and is an important shipping route to and from the
Central Visayas Central Visayas ( ceb, Tunga-tungang Kabisay-an; tl, Gitnang Kabisayaan) is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VII. It consists of four provinces: (Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor) and thr ...
.
Jintotolo Island Jintotolo is an island within the Jintotolo Channel, part of the Province of Masbate, Philippines. It constitutes two barangays of the Municipality of Balud (Barangays Cantil and Jintotolo) and has a population of 3,574 persons in the 2015 census ...
(2010 population of 1,454) and the 3 small islets of the Zapatos Islands (2010 population of 585) lie in the middle of the channel. These islands fall under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of
Balud, Masbate Balud, officially the Municipality of Balud, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,155 people. The name Balud came from the name of the Pink-bellied imperial ...
. The channel is marked by a lighthouse on Jintotolo Island. The lighthouse was built in 1890s and has a focal plane of with 3 white flashes every 10 seconds. The wrecks of the Japanese cruiser ''Kinu'' and destroyer ''Uranami'' lie on the bottom of the channel.


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