Bays, Gulfs, and Straits

• Gulf of Mexico


  Lies on the southeastern coast of North America and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Florida Straits. It is linked to the Carribean Sea through the Yucatan Channel.
• Gulf of Alaska


  An arm of the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Alaska covers 1,533,000 km^2, spanning from Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula to the Alexander Archipelago situated at Glacier Bay.
• Gulf of California


  A marginal water body of the Pacific Ocean, also called the Sea of Cortes or the Vermilion Sea.
• Gulf of Honduras


  An inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indents the shores of Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
• Gulf of Mexico


  • It is the largest gulf in the world
  • It is bordered by the United States, Mexico, and the island nation of Cuba
• Gulf of Oman


  It connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf.
• Gulf of Aden


  • In the north-west, it connects with the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait
  • The waterway is part of the important Suez canal shipping route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean
• Gulf of Carpentaria


  It is a large bordered by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea. The Arafura Sea is the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea.
• Gulf of Bothnia


  • It is part of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland
  • It is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea
• Panama Gulf


  It connects the Gulf of Panama with the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
• Gulf of Suez


  It is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula.
• Gulf of Saint Lawrence


  It is bounded on the north by the Labrador Peninsula and Quebec. Gulf of Saint Lawrence is the world's largest estuary.
• Bay of Bengal


  The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. The world's largest bay, geographically it is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula.
• Bay of Fundy


  The Bay of Fundy lies between Canada's Nova Scotia and New Brunswick provinces, and touches the U.S. state of Maine.