IMPORTANT BAYS & GULFS OF THE WORLD

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Name of Bay or Gulf Place

Gulf of Aden Yemen
Gulf of Oman Oman and Iran
Gulf of Kutch India
Gulf of Khambat India
Gulf of Persia Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Gulf of Carpentaria Australia
Gulf of Mexico Mexico and USA
Bay of Bothnia Sweden and Finland
Gulf of Riga Estonia and Latvia
Gulf of Martaban Myanmar
Bay of Fundy Altantic Ocean, Canada
Paradise Bay Antartica
Bay of Islands New Zealand
Bay of Kotor Adriatic Sea
Phangnga Bay Thailand
Victoria Harbor Hong kong
Port Jackson Sydney
San Francisco Bay Californian
Guanbara Bay Brazil
Ha long Bay Vietnam
Gulf of Amundsen Canada
Gulf of Siam Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
Bay of Bengal Srilanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Gulf of Papua South Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of J. Bonaparte Western Australia
Gulf of Mannar India and Sri Lanka
Gulf of Gabes Libya and Tunisia
Gulf of Lyons France and Spain
Gulf of Sirte Libya
Gulf of St. Lawrence Canada
Gulf of Alaska Canada and USA
Gulf of California Mexico
Gulf of Guayaquil Ecuador and Peru
Gulf of Thailand Thailand and Cambodia
Gulf of Aqabah (Aqba) Egypt and Israel
Gulf of Tatary Russia
Gulf of San Jorge Argentina
Gulf of San Matias Argentina
Gulf of Bo Hai China
Gulf of Taranto Southern Italy
Bay of Biscay Southwestern France & Northwestern Spain
Hundson Bay Central Canada
Gulf of Lion France
Gulf of Mannar Sri Lanka
Davao Gulf Philippines
Gulf of Sidra Libya
Gulf of Suez Egypt
Gulf of Roses Spain
Gulf of Tokin China
Gulf of Darien Panama and Venezuela
Gulf of Honduras Mexico
Baffin Bay Greenland and Baffin Island
Gulf of Panama Southern Panama

FACTS ABOUT BAYS & GULFS

 A bay is a small body of water that is set off from a larger body of water generally
where the land curves inward. In simple words, bay is a water body surrounded on
three sides by land with the fourth side (mouth) wide open towards oceans. (In Gulfs,
the mouth is narrow). A bay is usually smaller and less enclosed than a gulf like The
Bay of Pigs (Cuba), Hudson Bay (Canada), Bay of Bengal etc. An example of a bay
at a river’s mouth is New York Bay, at the mouth of the Hudson River (Hudson
Estuary).
 The biggest bay in the world is Bay of Bengal (by area of 2.172 million km2) and
second-largest is Hudson Bay located in Canada.
 A gulf is a large body of water, sometimes with a narrow mouth, that is almost
completely surrounded by land. Examples of other gulfs include the Gulf of California,
Gulf of Aden (between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea), and the Persian Gulf
(between Saudi Arabia and Iran). The Persian Gulf is important with respect to world
energy because petroleum is transported through its waters in oil tankers.
 The world’s largest gulf is the Gulf of Mexico, bordered by the United States, Mexico,
and the island nation of Cuba, is the worlds largest gulf. It has a coastline of about
5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles). The Gulf of Mexico is connected to the Atlantic Ocean
by the Straits of Florida, between Cuba and the U.S. state of Florida.
 The Persian gulf borders Pakistan and Iran on the north, Oman on the south, and the
United Arab Emirates on the west.
 Gulf of Suez connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to
the Persian Gulf.
 The Amundsen Gulf was explored by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.