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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.
Bay of Biscay, between France and Spain; Gulf of Bothnia, part of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland; Gulf of Burgas, Black Sea, Bulgaria; Gulf of Cádiz, part of the Atlantic Ocean off the southern border of Spain and Portugal; Gulf of Corinth, of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece
The Bay of Biscay is a potential target area for deep water oil and gas drilling. Spectrum reinterpreted old seismic data in the region between 2014 and 2015, which was included in its "Atlantic Deep" dataset with a focus on sedimentary layers in Jurassic rifts.
Gulf – a very large bay, often a top-level division of an ocean or sea Fjord – a long bay with steep sides, typically formed by a glacier Bight – a bay that is typically shallower than a sound
The Celtic Sea [a] is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coast of Ireland bounded to the north by Saint George's Channel; [1] other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, parts of Devon and Brittany.
In the early Cretaceous, the Bay of Biscay started opening around 126 Ma and completed by 85 Ma. This created the Biscay Abyssal Plain, and parted the peninsula from the Trevelyan Escarpment. During this time Iberia rotated anticlockwise relative to Eurasia. This caused the subduction of the Ligurian Basin onto the eastern side.
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. The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline. [1]
The Southern limits of the Bering Sea [P 4] and the Gulf of Alaska. [P 5] On the East. The Western limit of Coastal waters of Southeast Alaska and Br. Columbia, [P 6] and the Southern limit of the Gulf of California. [P 7] On the South. The Equator, but excluding those islands of the Gilbert and Galàpagos [sic] Groups which lie to the ...