Dinagat Islands, officially the Province of Dinagat Islands, is an island province in the Caraga region of the Philippines, located on the south side of Leyte Gulf. The name of the island means "of the sea" or "like the sea", an affixed from of the root word dagat ("sea") in the Visayan languages. The province is one of the smallest island provinces in the country with a total land area of 1,036.34 square kilometres (400.13 sq mi). The province was the site of the historic Battle of Surigao Strait during the Second World War. (Read more)