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The Bay of Biscay (/ ˈ b ɪ s k eɪ,-k i / BISS-kay, -kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward to Cape Ortegal .
English: Location map of the Bay of Biscay, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Bordered by the coasts of France and Spain. English Channel indicated also. SVG conversion by User:Decora, original map File:Bay_of_Biscay_map.png by User:NormanEinstein, November 7, 2005
Biscay is bordered by the community of Cantabria and the province of Burgos (in the Castile and León community) to the west, the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa to the east, and Álava to the south, and by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay) to the north. Orduña (Urduña) is a Biscayan exclave located between Alava and Burgos provinces.
English: Bathymetric map in English of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay. Limits of the seas as specified by the International Hydrographic Organization. Note: the background map is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.
The Cantabrian Sea [a] is the term used mostly in Spain to describe the coastal sea of the Atlantic Ocean that borders the northern coast of Spain and the southwest side of the Atlantic coast of France, included in the Bay of Biscay.
Gaztelugatxe is an islet on the coast of the Bay of Biscay belonging to the biscayan municipality of Bermeo, in the Basque Autonomous Community. It is connected to the mainland by a man-made bridge. It is connected to the mainland by a man-made bridge.
Carol Lake feared for worst when Spirit of Discovery ship was hit by storm in Bay of Biscay Terrified cruise passenger feared she would die in ‘horror’ storm – so she turned on Strictly Skip ...
Most of Spain's boundaries are water: the Mediterranean Sea along the east from the French border down to Gibraltar and the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Atlantic Ocean on the northwest and southwest (in the south as the Gulf of Cádiz and in the north as the Bay of Biscay). [3]