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The Bay of Campeche (Spanish: Bahía de Campeche), or Campeche Sound, is a bight in the southern area of the Gulf of Mexico, forming the north side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexican states of Campeche , Tabasco and Veracruz .
Campeche Bank extends from the Yucatán Straits in the east to the Tabasco–Campeche Basin in the west and includes Arrecife Alacran. Bay of Campeche is a bight extending from the western edge of Campeche Bank to the offshore regions east of Veracruz. Western Gulf of Mexico is located between Veracruz to the south and the Rio Grande to the north.
San Francisco de Campeche [2] (pronounced [saɱ fɾanˈsisko ðe kamˈpetʃe]; Yucatec Maya: Ahk'ìin Pech, pronounced [aχkʼiːn˥˧ pʰetʃ]), 19th c., also known simply as Campeche, is a city in Campeche Municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche, on the shore of the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico.
Campeche, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, [c] is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the southwest, Yucatán to the northeast, Quintana Roo to the east, by the Petén department of Guatemala to the south, and by the Orange Walk District of Belize ...
English: Locator map of the State of Campeche. On the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern México. Nāhuatl: Tlahtohcāyōtl Campeche (Kaan Pech) — Tlālyacatl Yucatān , Mēxihco.
A hurricane taking that path, from the Bay of Campeche to Florida, is exceptionally rare — the last time it was recorded happening was in 1867. Show comments Advertisement
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This is a list of seas of the World Ocean, including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits. [2] In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named a sea or a bay, etc., therefore all these types are listed here.