It lies northwest of Dinagat Island, at the north end of Surigao Strait connecting with Leyte Gulf and is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Loreto.

A ferry route connects Liberty with the main port of Loreto.

As a gateway passage to the Visayas, the island served as the route leading to the rest of the Visayas encounter of Magellan's expedition after their very first Visayan encounter with the Samarnons in Suluan and Homonhon, now both parts of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.

[1] Like most of the country, Gibusong is officially considered a tropical rainforest climate type, Köppen class Af with an average monthly precipitation of 308.66 mm (12.5 inches).

During the drier season between April and September, brief afternoon showers and thunderstorms locally called sobasco, are commonplace.