Moro Gulf

The Moro Gulf is the largest gulf in the Philippines. It located off the coast of Mindanao Island, and is part of the Celebes Sea. The gulf is one of the country's tuna fishing grounds.[1]

This article is about the gulf in the Philippines. For the locations in the United States named "Moro Bay", see Moro Bay, Arkansas and Morro Bay, California.
Moro Gulf
The gulf seen from Lebak
Moro Gulf
Location within the Philippines
Moro Gulf
Moro Gulf (Philippines)
LocationMindanao Island
Coordinates6°51′00″N 123°00′00″E
Typegulf
EtymologyMoro
Part ofCelebes Sea
Basin countriesPhilippines
Settlements

Geography

The gulf stretches between and is surrounded by the main section of Mindanao on the east, and the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao on the west. The peninsula's major drainage goes towards the gulf.[2]

Sibuguey Bay and Illana Bay are its major bays.

Zamboanga City, which is an international port, is bound by the Gulf and Celebes Sea in the East.[3] Cotabato City, on the eastern coast, is another major port.

Earthquakes

The Moro Gulf is also an area of significant tectonic activity with several fault zones in the region capable of producing major earthquakes and destructive local tsunamis, such as the devastating 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake which killed over 5,000 people and left over 90,000 people homeless as it hit the west coast of Mindanao.

Moro Gulf
The two largest 20th century Philippine earthquakes: the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake (8.3 Mw) and the 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake (8.0 Mw). The relatively large 2002 Mindanao earthquake (7.5 Mw) also occurred in the area. The Moro Gulf, part of the Celebes Sea, is labeled for context.

See also

References
  1. Barut, Noel. "National Tuna Fishery Report - Philippines" (PDF). School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Marine Fisheries Research Division National Fisheries Research and Development Institute. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. Carating, Rodelio B. (2014). Soils of the Philippines: World soils book series. Springer Science & Business. p. 61. ISBN 978-9401786829. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. "ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA". Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2015.


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