Visayas

Visayan islands are located between the southern end of Luzon Island and northern end of Mindanao island. 

  Visayas Region

The Visayan Islands are Samar, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Cebu, Bohol, Masbate, and the Romblon group. Of these, Samar and Negros are the largest. Visayas make more than one fifth of the total Philippine land area with a total 61,077 square kilometers. Interspersed among the seven islands are hundreds of smaller islands. The Camotes Islands belong in this group of small islands.

Samar consists largely of low, rolling hills, whereas Negros has a high volcanic mountain system. The Tablas Plateau occupies southwestern Negros, and there are extensive lowlands along the island's north and west coasts. Much of nation's sugarcane is grown near these coasts.
Rough topography is found along the west coast of Panay, but there are lowlands along the north coast and in the Iloilo basin.
Mountains dominate the western portion of Leyte, although a major lowland, the Layte Valley,  occupies the northwest corner of the island.
Cebu, one of the nation's most densely populated islands, has a deeply dissected hilly interior and no significant lowlands.

Bohol island consists mainly of plateaus and low hills, including the island's most noted feature,    the Chocolate Hills. Named for their appearance in summer when the grass is dry and brown, the Chocolate Hlls rise about 30 meters above otherwise flat terrain.

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