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Location of Pensacola Bay (top left) in the state of Florida. Pensacola Bay is a bay located in the northwestern part of Florida, United States, known as the Florida Panhandle. The bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, is located in Escambia County and Santa Rosa County, adjacent to the city of Pensacola, Florida, and is about 13 miles (21 km ...
The waters of the Gulf of Maine system, particularly at the boundary with the Bay of Fundy, are also home to the summering grounds for many different bird and whale species, most notably the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. [7] The gulf was home to the sea mink until its extinction in the late 1800s. Water temperatures in the Gulf ...
The Gulf of Maine subsection of the NEUS Continental Shelf is characterized by relatively mild summers and long, cold winters. The Gulf of Maine's climate is mostly a mild summer climate (Dfb) as defined in the Köppen climate classification, with a small area of humid continental hot summer climate (Dfa) in the state of Massachusetts. The Mid ...
The Gulf of Mexico: the shining light in the back is from the sun's light being reflected off windblown particles of white sand from the beach. 30°22′57″N 86°51′23″W / 30.38250°N 86.85639°W / 30.38250; -86.85639 Santa Rosa Island is a 40-mile (64 km) barrier island located in the U.S. state of Florida , thirty miles (50 ...
Pensacola Pass is an inlet between the barrier islands of Santa Rosa Island and Perdido Key connecting the Gulf to Pensacola Bay. Ships and boats use this passage to travel between the two. During the daily flood tide, fresh saltwater enters Pensacola Pass from the Gulf of Mexico; waters are pulled out on the ebb tide, flushing the bay. The ...
It separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean. The origin of its name is obscure. The 1610 Velasco map, prepared for King James I of England, used the name "S. Georges Banck", a common practice when the name of the English patron saint, St. George, was sprinkled around the English-colonized world. By the 1850s, it was known simply as ...
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1781 map depicting East Bay and the East Lagoon, the river-like east side of East Bay. European exploration of the bay likely occurred as early as Pensacola's establishment in the early 16th century. The bay has been included in most major maps of the bay system and harbor, dating back to that era.