Manila Bay
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Manila Bay is the harbor which serves the port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. The entrance is 19 km wide and expands to a width of 48 km. Mariveles, Bataan is an anchorage just inside the northern entrance and Sangley Point is the former location of Cavite Naval Base.
On either side of the bay are volcanic peaks topped with tropical foliage. 40 km to the north is the Bataan Peninsula and to the south is the province of Cavite.
Manila Bay. 40 km away is the Bataan Peninsula
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Across the entrance to Manila Bay are several islands. The largest is Corregidor, which is 3 kilometers from Bataan and, along with the island of Caballo, separates the mouth of the bay into the North and South Channels. In the south channel is El Fraile Island and outside the entrance, and to the south, is Carabao Island. El Fraile is a rocky island, some 4 acres (16,000 m²) in area, which juts up into the southern entrance of the Philippines' Manila Bay. To the immediate north and south are additional harbors.
The bay was the setting for the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
See also: Geography of the Philippinesja:マニラ湾 de:Manilabucht