San Pedro Bay (Philippines)

San Pedro Bay is a bay in the Philippines, at the northwest end of Leyte Gulf. It measures about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi) east to west and 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) north to south.^[1] The bay is bounded by two islands, by Samar the north and east and by Leyte on the east. It is connected by San Juanico Strait to Carigara Bay, an arm of the Samar Sea. The largest city on the bay is Tacloban City, the capital of the province of Leyte in the administrative region of Eastern Visayas.

San Pedro Bay
The Cancabato Bay, an extension of San Pedro Bay in Tacloban
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Location	Eastern Visayas, Philippines
Coordinates	11°10′36.84″N 125°6′28.08″E
Type	bay
Part of	Leyte Gulf
Settlements	Basey Marabut Palo Tacloban Tanauan Tolosa

During World War II, the bay was part of a large United States Navy base, the Leyte-Samar Naval Base.