List of gulfs

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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]

## Africa

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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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

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* Media related to Gulfs at Wikimedia Commons

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