Leyte Gulf is a part of the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, at (10°50′N125°25′E). The Gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, the latter of which is separated on the west from Leyte by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and on the south by Mindanao Island, the latter of which is on north separated from Leyte by the Surigao Strait. Dinagat Island partly encloses the Gulf to the southeast, and the small Homonhon Island and Suluan Island, sit astride the eastern entrance to the Gulf.