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A
gulf in
geography is a large
bay that is an arm of an
ocean or
sea . Not all geological features which could be considered a gulf have "Gulf" in the name, for example the
Bay of Bengal or
Arabian Sea .
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The term may refer to:
Gulf of Aden , off the southwestern corner of the
Arabian Peninsula
Gulf of Alaska , in the
Pacific Ocean , south of the state of
Alaska
Albay Gulf , in the southern part of
Luzon
Ambracian Gulf , of the
Ionian Sea in northwestern
Greece
Amundsen Gulf , in the
Arctic Ocean , northwest of
Canada
Gulf of Aqaba , in the northern end of the
Red Sea
Argolic Gulf , of the
Aegean Sea off the east coast of the
Peloponnese , Greece
Asid Gulf, in the municipality of
Milagros, Masbate , Philippines
Gulf of Bahrain , inlet of the
Persian Gulf on the east coast of
Saudi Arabia
Gulf of Biscay , between
France and
Spain
Gulf of Boothia , in
Nunavut ,
Canada
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 California , in the Pacific Ocean in northwestern
Mexico
Cambridge Gulf , on the north coast of
Western Australia
Gulf of Carpentaria , in
Northern Australia
Gulf of Cazones , in southern
Cuba
Gulf of Corinth , of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece
Gulf of Corryvreckan , off the west coast of mainland
Scotland
Davao Gulf , in
Davao City ,
Mindanao , the Philippines
Exmouth Gulf , gulf in
North West Australia
Gulf of the Farallones , between the
Farallon Islands and the mainland coast of
California , United States
Gulf of Finland , between the southern coast of Finland and the northern coast of
Estonia in the
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Fonseca , of the Pacific Ocean in
El Salvador , Honduras, and
Nicaragua
Gulf of Gabès , gulf on
Tunisia 's east coast in the
Mediterranean Sea , off
North Africa
Gulf of Genoa , inside the
Ligurian Sea on the northwestern coast of Italy
Gulf of Gonâve , in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of
Haiti
Gulf of Guinea , in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of
Equatorial Africa
Gulf of Hammamet , in northeastern
Tunisia
Gulf Islands close to
Vancouver Island and within the
Strait of Georgia within
British Columbia
Gulf of İzmir in the
Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece
Gulf of Khambhat in the
Arabian Sea , formerly known as the Gulf of Cambay
Gulf of Kuşadası
Gulf of Kutch in the
Arabian Sea
Lagonoy Gulf in the
Philippines
Leyte Gulf , in Eastern Visayas, Philippines
Lingayen Gulf , off western
Luzon , the
Philippines , in the
South China Sea
Gulf of Lion , a bay on the Mediterranean coastline of Languedoc-Roussillon and
Provence in France
Gulf of Maine , off the States of
Maine ,
New Hampshire , and
Massachusetts in the United States, and the Canadian Provinces of
New Brunswick , and
Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean
Malian Gulf
Gulf of Mannar , between India and
Sri Lanka
Gulf of Mexico , between Mexico, the United States, and
Cuba
Gulf of Morbihan , a natural harbor on the coast of the Département of Morbihan in the south of
Brittany
Gulf of Nicoya , in
Costa Rica .
Central America .
Gulf of Odessa
Gulf of Oman , between the southeastern
Arabian Peninsula ,
Iran , Pakistan and Arabian Sea.
Gulf of Oristano , near
Oristano on the Western Sardinian coast
Gulf of Panama in the Pacific Ocean south of
Panama
Panay Gulf , in the Western Visayas, Philippines
Gulf of Paria , in the Caribbean Sea between
Trinidad and Tobago and
Venezuela
Persian Gulf between
Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
Peter the Great Gulf in the
Sea of Japan
Ragay Gulf in the
Philippines
Gulf of Riga in the
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Roses , the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast
Gulf of Saint Lawrence , the world's largest
estuary and the outlet of the
Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean
Gulf St Vincent , Separated from Spencer Gulf by the
Yorke Peninsula
Gulf of Salerno , which extends from Amalfi to Paestum across Salerno.
Saronic Gulf , which extends into Greece from the Aegean Sea.
Gulf of Sirte , just north of
Libya in the Mediterranean
Spencer Gulf , near
Port Lincoln ,
South Australia
Gulf of Suez in the northern end of the
Red Sea , leading to the
Suez Canal
Gulf of Taranto in the Mediterranean between the toe and the heel of Italy
Gulf of Tartary between Russia and
Sakhalin
Gulf of Thailand just south of
Thailand in the Pacific Ocean
South China Seas
Gulf of Tonkin just east of northern
Vietnam in the Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Tunis in the Mediterranean off the coast of
Tunisia
Gulf of Varna ,
Black Sea ,
Bulgaria
Gulf of Venice , at the head of the Adriatic Sea between
Italy ,
Slovenia and
Croatia
Moro Gulf , the largest gulf in the Philippines off the coast of Mindanao
References
^
"Gulf | Definition, Characteristics, & Facts" .
^ Earth's Coasts - Page 11 0778732061 Bobbie Kalman - 2008 A bay is an area of the ocean where the land curves inward. A cove is a small bay A gulf is a big, deep area of ocean that has land almost all around it. This gulf is the Gulf of Mexico. A strait is a narrow inlet of water that flows between two ...
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