Iligan Bay
| Iligan Bay | ||
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| Waters | Mindanao Lake | |
| Land mass | Mindanao | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 25 ' N , 124 ° 5' E | |
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| width | approx. 50 km | |
| Tributaries | Agus et al | |
The Iligan Bay is in the northwestern part of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines to look for. It is part of the Mindanao Sea and cuts deep into the island of Mindanao. The deepest incision in the southwest of the bay is Panguil Bay . The Philippine provinces Misamis Occidental , Misamis Oriental , Zamboanga del Sur and Lanao del Norte border this bay with their coasts.
The largest port on the coast of Iligan Bay is that of Iligan City . Other cities are Ozamis City and Oroquieta City . The Bay of Panguil and the Bay of Pagadian, part of the Bay of Illana on the opposite side, form a natural delimitation, an isthmus that separates the Zamboanga Peninsula from the main island of Mindanao. Numerous rivers flow into the bay; the most abundant in water is the agus .