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Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. [1] [2] [3] A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action. [4]
This is a list of bays in the United States. See also Category:Bays of the United States. Alabama. Bon Secour Bay; Mobile Bay; Perdido Bay; Alaska. Bristol Bay;
Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys in the United States. It is a large, shallow estuary that while connected to the Gulf of Mexico, has limited exchange of water due to shallow mudbanks dividing the bay into many basins or lakes.
The coast of Gwynedd includes several bays which are indentations of the larger Cardigan Bay. There are a large number of small bays on the coast of the Llŷn Peninsula. Barmouth Bay; Porth Fechan; Borth Fawr; Porth Ceiriad; Porth Neigwl / Hell's Mouth; Numerous smaller inlets including: Porth Llawenan, Porth Alwm, Porth Ysgo, Porth Cadlan
A sail control that lets one apply downward tension on a boom, countering the upward tension provided by the sail. The boom vang adds an element of control to sail shape when the sheet is let out enough that it no longer pulls the boom down. Boom vang tension helps control leech twist, a primary component of sail power. boomkin. See bumpkin. booms
A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature typically indicating an especially large, open bay that is shallower than a sound. billabong In Australia, a branch of a river that is cut off when the main stem changes course, leaving an elongated and often ephemeral waterhole or oxbow lake. [4] biological diversity. Also ...