A Gulf is an inlet of a sea or ocean, and a Bay is a smaller version of a Gulf
Bay of Plenty (New Zealand): is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean and is found in North island. It was bestowed by James Cook in 1769 when he noticed the abundant food supplies at several Māori villages there, in stark contrast to observations he had made earlier in Poverty Bay- His his first landing led to the death of local Māori man Te Maro during a skirmish with Cook’s crew. Although Cook was able to obtain some herbs to ward off scurvy, he was unable to gain many of the provisions he and his crew needed at the bay, and for this reason gave it the name
Hudson Bay (Canada): Could hold the entire state of Texas with room to spare. It was discovered in 1610 by Henry Hudson, who had been stranded by is mutinous crew.
Chesapeake Bay (USA): is actually, an Estuary (mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream), a place where fresh and salt-water mix. Freshwater comes from the Susquehanna, Patuxent, Potomac and James rivers. The saltwater comes from the Atlantic Ocean.
Gulf of Lion (Spain & France): a wide embayment of the Mediterranean coastline of Catalonia in Spain with Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France, extending from Begur in the west to Toulon in the east. The chief port on the gulf is Marseille.
Gulf of Finland: is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg in Russia to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn.
Gulf of Aden (Yemen): is connected by the Red Sea by Bab el Mandeb Strait and connects with the Arabian Sea.It borders Yemen, Djibouti & Somalia. The importance of the Gulf of Aden declined when the Suez Canal was closed, but it was revitalized when the canal was reopened in 1975, after being deepened and widened by the Egyptian Government
Bay of Campeche (Mexico): is an extension of Gulf of Mexico. t is surrounded on three sides by the Mexican states of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz. The Cantarell Complex of five oil fields lies beneath the Bay of Campeche. In 2003, it was the second most productive oil field in the world, then supplying about two thirds of Mexico’s crude oil output, but it went into a steep decline soon thereafter.
Gulf of Honduras: is an inlet of the Caribbean sea and borders Guatemala and Belize. It is lined by the Belize Barrier Reef which forms the southern part of the 900 km (600 mile) long Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest coral reef system in the world
Gulf of Batabano (Cuba): is an inlet of the Caribbean sea. It is shallow–less than 200 feet (61 m) deep–and contains about 350 smaller islands of the Canarreos Archipelago besides the Isle of Youth. The gulf is a center of sponge fishing.
Moro Gulf (Philippines): borders the island of Mindanao, and is part of the Celebes sea- one of the tuna fishing grounds. It is also an area of significant tectonic activity with several fault zones in the region capable of producing major earthquakes and destructive tsunamis.
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