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Davao Gulf is a gulf situated in the southeastern portion of Mindanao in the Philippines.[1] It has an area of 5,200 km2 (2,000 sq mi) or about 520,000 hectares.[2] Davao Gulf cuts into the island of Mindanao from the Philippine Sea.[3] It is surrounded by all five provinces in the Davao Region.[4] The largest island in the gulf is Samal Island. Davao City, on the gulf's west coast, is the largest and busiest port on the gulf.[5] The Bagobo and the Kaagan / Kalagan, who are the indigenous lumad tribes endemic in Davao, are known inhabitants of the said gulf.[6]

Davao Gulf
Davao Gulf near Talikud Island, south of Davao City
Davao Gulf
Location within the Philippines
Davao Gulf
Davao Gulf (Philippines)
LocationMindanao Island
Coordinates6°30′00″N 125°58′35″E
TypeGulf
EtymologyDavao
Settlements
  • Banaybanay
  • Davao City
  • Digos
  • Don Marcelino
  • Governor Generoso
  • Hagonoy
  • Jose Abad Santos
  • Lupon
  • Mabini
  • Maco
  • Malalag
  • Malita
  • Padada
  • Panabo
  • Pantukan
  • Samal
  • San Isidro
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Maria
  • Sulop
  • Tagum

Wildlife


The gulf water is regarded as one of the most diverse cetacean habitats in the nation, being home for at least 10 species of toothed whales and dolphins such as sperm whales and beaked whales.[7] Also whale sharks and sea cows are seen frequently.[8][9] Furthermore, several ecological phenomena have been observed in the Davao Gulf such as a previously unknown predator of the crown-of-thorns starfish, new species records, and new species discoveries underlining the uniqueness of the marine resources in the Davao Gulf.[10][11][12][13]

Map of Davao Gulf
Map of Davao Gulf

References


  1. "Saving Mermaids in the Davao Gulf". wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. Lacorte, Germelina. "Davao chamber hosts concert to save sea turtles". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  3. "Protecting the Davao Gulf". Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. "Protecting the Davao Gulf". Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  5. "Saving Mermaids in the Davao Gulf". wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  6. "Saving Mermaids in the Davao Gulf". wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  7. "Davao Gulf, PH". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. "Davao Gulf, PH". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  9. "Saving Mermaids in the Davao Gulf". wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  10. Bos A.R.; G.S. Gumanao; F.N. Salac (2008). "A newly discovered predator of the crown-of-thorns starfish". Coral Reefs. 27 (3): 581. Bibcode:2008CorRe..27..581B. doi:10.1007/s00338-008-0364-9. S2CID 34920961.
  11. Ocaña O.; J.C. den Hartog; A. Brito; A.R. Bos (2010). "On Pseudocorynactis species and another related genus from the Indo-Pacific (Anthozoa: Corallimorphidae)". Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. XXI (3–4): 9–34.
  12. Bos A.R.; H.M. Smits (2013). "First Record of the dottyback Manonichthys alleni (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae) from the Philippines". Marine Biodiversity Records. 6: e61. doi:10.1017/s1755267213000365.
  13. Bos A.R. (2014). "Upeneus nigromarginatus, a new species of goatfish (Perciformes: Mullidae) from the Philippines". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 745–753.

На других языках

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[ru] Давао (залив)

Давао (англ. Davao Gulf) — залив в юго-восточной части острова Минданао, административно разделён между провинциями Северный Давао, Южный Давао, Западный Давао[en], Восточный Давао и Долина Компостела — всеми пятью, входящими в регион Давао (Филиппины)[1].


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