Pangasugan

Mount Pangasugan rises above the western coast of Leyte, north of Baybay. Its steep slopes carry tropical forest from the lowlands towards the summit, overlooking the waters between Leyte and Cebu. Streams descend from the mountain towards the coastal settlements below. Baybay was among the places on Leyte known to early Spanish visitors, and Jesuit missionaries from Carigara reached its communities in the seventeenth century. Mountain, forest and sea meet closely along this shore.