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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.[1][2]

List

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, Philippines
  • 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
  • Hauraki Gulf, of the North Island of New Zealand
  • Gulf of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea between Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras
  • 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 North 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

  1. "Gulf | Definition, Characteristics, & Facts". https://www.britannica.com/science/gulf-coastal-feature. 
  2. 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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