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The Luzon Strait is a Strait connecting the Philippine Sea , in the western Pacific , to the South China Sea , between Taiwan and Luzon in the Philippines . The strait is approximately 250 km wide. It contains a number of islands grouped into two groups: the Batanes Islands of Batanes province and the Babuyan Islands of Cagayan province. The strait is divided into a number of smaller channels. The Babuyan Channel separates Luzon from the Babuyan Islands, which is separated from the Batanes Islands by the Balintang Channel . Batanes is separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel . The Luzon Strait was part of the Japanese invasion route in December 1941 . On December 8 (the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack, because of the date line), they landed on Batanes. On December 10 , they occupied Camiguin Island (not the same as the Camiguin just north of Mindanao ) in a soon-abandoned attempt to establish a seaplane base, and on the same day landed at Aparri on Luzon. Subsequently, many US Submarine s hunted Japanese Convoy s passing through the strait on their way from the East Indies to Japan. |
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