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Gulf of Roses, the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast; Gulf of Salerno, which extends from Amalfi to Paestum across Salerno. Saronic Gulf, which extends into Greece from the Aegean Sea. Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea; Gulf of Taranto in the Mediterranean between the toe and the heel of Italy; Gulf of Varna, Black Sea, Bulgaria
(Top) 1 Alabama. 2 Alaska. 3 California. 4 Delaware. 5 Florida. 6 Georgia. 7 Hawaii. 8 Louisiana. ... This is a list of bays in the United States. See also Category ...
In addition to those listed, there are numerous bays which remain unnamed on Ordnance Survey (OS) maps, the principal source of names appearing in this list. [1] By far the largest bay in Wales is Cardigan Bay, occupying the larger part of the west coast. Other major bays are Swansea Bay, Carmarthen Bay, St Brides Bay, Caernarfon Bay and Conwy Bay.
The cold waters, extreme tidal mixing, and diverse bottom of the gulf make it one of the most productive marine environments in the North Atlantic, and it furnishes habitat for more than 3,000 marine species and birds, [4] including most notably large marine species such as haddock, pinnipeds, [5] the Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus), the ...
The top of the bedrock is about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) below sea level in the northeast corner of the bay, and slopes to 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) below sea level in the southwest. Isolated high spots occur at East Key, Arsnicker Key , and Lignumvitae Key , which are underlain by patches of Pleistocene coral. [ 20 ]
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. [1] [2] [3] A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. [4]
Galway Bay (Irish: Loch Lurgain or Cuan na Gaillimhe) is a bay on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south; Galway city is on the northeast side. The bay is about 50 kilometres (30 mi) long and from 10 kilometres (6 mi) to 30 ...