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Lingayen Gulf

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Lingayen Gulf

Inlet, South China Sea, northwestern coast of Luzon, Philippines. It is 26 mi (42 km) wide at its entrance and 36 mi (56 km) long. It has several islands, the largest of which is Cabarruyan Island. Dagupan, on the bay's southeast coast, is the principal commercial centre. It was the scene of Japanese and U.S. troop-landing operations during World War II.


Lingayen Gulf
a large inlet of the South China Sea in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon: site of the Japanese landing in the 1941 invasion


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Many highways remained impassable to all types of vehicles in the provinces of Tarlac and Pangasinan, with flood waters unable to empty out into the Lingayen Gulf to the west of Luzon because of high tides.
Many highways remained impassable to all types of vehicles in the provinces of Tarlac and Pangasinan, with flood waters unable to empty out into the Lingayen Gulf to the west of Luzon because of high tides.
The Agno river is Pangasinan's major river system, traversing 17 towns and a city as it flows from the Cordillera mountains and drains into the Lingayen Gulf.
 
 
 
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