Luzon Strait
Philippines
The Luzon Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Luzon, pinyin: Lǚsòng hǎixiá, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lū-sòng Hái-kiap) is the strait between Luzon and Taiwan. The strait thereby connects the Philippine Sea to the South China Sea in the western Pacific Ocean. This body of water is an important strait for shipping and communications. Many ships from the Americas use this route to go to important East Asian ports. Many submarine communications cables pass through the Luzon Strait. These cables provide important data and telephony services to: mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. These cables also connect to Southeast Asia: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, and Thailand. The Luzon strait also hosts cables that span Southeast Asia and the Western coasts of the Americas, mainly: the United States, and Mexico.
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