It measures about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi) east to west and 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) north to south.

It is connected by San Juanico Strait to Carigara Bay, an arm of the Samar Sea.

The largest city on the bay is Tacloban City, the capital of the province of Leyte in the administrative region of Eastern Visayas.

During World War II, the bay was part of a large United States Navy base, the Leyte-Samar Naval Base.

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