[2] Bucas Grande Island is situated on the far eastern part of mainland Surigao del Norte.

The lone island municipality of Socorro is the only one of its kind in the entire province of Surigao del Norte.

Bucas Grande Island lies within the breadth of the Pacific and is physically located at coordinates 9° 37′ 17″ North, 125° 58′ 0″ East.

People have settled in 14 barangays of the municipality namely: Barangays Don Albino Taruc, Navarro, Rizal, Del Pilar, Dona Helene, Honrado, Nueva Estrella, Pamosaingan, Salog, San Roque, Sudlon, Santa Cruz, Songkoy and N. Sering.

Bucas Grande is also the site of Sohoton Cove, a cluster of small islets with lagoons, natural limestone caves, and rock formations.