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Gulf of Tunis in Tunisia Map of the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. A gulf is a large inlet from an ocean into a landmass, typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a bay.
It contains the open-sea lagoon formed by the Belize Barrier Reef, the Amatique Bay, the Atlantic coast of Guatemala, and the eastern part of the coast of Honduras. [29] The western part of the Gulf sits on the continental shelf, which extends 37 miles (60 km) offshore, and so is rather shallow, with mean depths of less than 98 feet (30 m). [29]
Gulf of Aden, off the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula; Albay Gulf, in the southern part of Luzon, Philippines; Gulf of Aqaba, in the northern end of the Red Sea ...
Habour at Galveston, by Verner Moore White (1863–1923). The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [4]
Ria – Coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley; River delta – Silt deposition landform at the mouth of a river; Salt marsh – Coastal ecosystem between land and open saltwater that is regularly flooded; Sea cave – Cave formed by the wave action of the sea and located along present or former coastlines
The Pagasetic Gulf (Greek: Παγασητικός Κόλπος, romanized: Pagasitikós Kólpos) is a rounded gulf (max. depth 102 metres) in the Magnesia regional unit (east central Greece) that is formed by the Mount Pelion peninsula. It is connected with the Euboic Sea. The passage into the Euboic Sea is narrow and is about 4 km.
Persian Gulf at Night from ISS, 2020.. The Persian Gulf, [a] sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, [b] is a mediterranean sea in West Asia.The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. [1]
Along with the island of Ischia and gulfs of Pozzuoli and Gaeta, [2] [3] local waters are home to varieties of whales and dolphins including fin and sperm whales. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] History