List of gulfs

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]}

Africa

• Gulf of Gabès, gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa
• Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Equatorial Africa
• Gulf of Hammamet, in northeastern Tunisia
• Gulf of Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast of Libya
• Gulf of Suez in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to the Suez Canal
• Gulf of Tunis in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia

Americas

• Gulf of Alaska, in the Pacific Ocean, south of the state of Alaska
• Amundsen Gulf, in the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Canada
• Gulf of Ancud, in Southern Pacific Ocean, separating Chiloe Island from the mainland of Chile
• Gulf of Boothia, in Nunavut, Canada
• Gulf of California, in the Pacific Ocean in northwestern Mexico
• Gulf of Cazones, in southern Cuba
• Gulf of Darien, in Caribbean Sea, between Colombian coast and Panama Isthmus
• Gulf of the Farallones, between the Farallon Islands and the mainland coast of California, United States
• Gulf of Fonseca, of the Pacific Ocean in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua
• Gulf of Gonâve, in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Haiti
• Gulf of Guayaquil, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Peru
• 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 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
• Gulf of Mexico, between Mexico, the United States, and Cuba
• Gulf of Nicoya, in Costa Rica
• Gulf of Panama in the Pacific Ocean south of Panama
• Gulf of Paria, in the Caribbean Sea between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
• Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary and the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean
• San Jorge Gulf, in Patagonian Southern Atlantic Ocean
• San Matias Gulf, in Patagonian Southern Atlantic Ocean
• Gulf of Uraba, the southernmost region in Caribbean Sea
• Gulf of Venezuela, connecting the Caribbean Sean with Maracaibo Lake

Asia

• Gulf of Aden, off the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula
• Albay Gulf, in the southern part of Luzon, Philippines
• Gulf of Aqaba, in the northern end of the Red Sea
• Asid Gulf, in the municipality of Milagros, Masbate, Philippines
• Gulf of Bahrain, inlet of the Persian Gulf on the east coast of Saudi Arabia
• Davao Gulf, in Davao City, Mindanao, the Philippines
• Gulf of Khambhat in the Arabian Sea, formerly known as the Gulf of Cambay
• 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 Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka
• Gulf of Oman, between the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan and Arabian Sea.
• Panay Gulf, in the Western Visayas, Philippines
• Persian Gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
• Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan
• Ragay Gulf in the Philippines
• 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
• Moro Gulf, the largest gulf in the Philippines off the coast of Mindanao

Europe

• Ambracian Gulf, of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece
• Argolic Gulf, of the Aegean Sea off the east coast of the Peloponnese, Greece
• Bay of Biscay, between France and Spain
• 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 Corinth, of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece
• Gulf of Finland, between the southern coast of Finland and the northern coast of Estonia in the Baltic Sea
• Gulf of Genoa, inside the Ligurian Sea on the northwestern coast of Italy
• Gulf of İzmir in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece
• Gulf of Kuşadası in the Aegean Sea
• Gulf of Lion, a bay on the Mediterranean coastline of Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France
• Malian Gulf, in the Aegean Sea
• Gulf of Morbihan, a natural harbor on the coast of the Département of Morbihan in the south of Brittany
• Gulf of Odessa, Ukraine
• Gulf of Oristano, near Oristano, Italy on the Western Sardinian coast
• Gulf of Roses, the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast
• Gulf of Salerno, which extends from Amalfi to Paestum across Salerno.
• Saronic Gulf, which extends into Greece from the Aegean Sea.
• Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea
• Gulf of Taranto in the Mediterranean between the toe and the heel of Italy
• Gulf of Varna, Black Sea, Bulgaria
• Gulf of Venice, at the head of the Adriatic Sea between Italy, Slovenia and Croatia

Oceania

• Cambridge Gulf, on the north coast of Western Australia
• Gulf of Carpentaria, in Northern Australia
• Exmouth Gulf, gulf in North West Australia
• Hauraki Gulf, of the North Island of New Zealand
• Gulf St Vincent, Separated from Spencer Gulf by the Yorke Peninsula
• Spencer Gulf, near Port Lincoln, South Australia

References

1. "Gulf | Definition, Characteristics, & Facts".
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 ...

External links

• Media related to Gulfs at Wikimedia Commons