This page will contain additional articles about Bay, as they become available.Headlands and baysA headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A bay is the reverse, an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Large headlands may also be called peninsulas, long, narrow and high headlands promontories. When headlands dramatically affect the ocean currents they are often called capes. A gulf generally occupies an area larger than a bay and may itself contain one or more bays. Geology and geographyHeadlands and bays are usually found together on the same stretch of coastline. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form where weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk, limestone, granite) forming a headland, or peninsula. Wave refraction occurs on headlands concentrating wave energy on them, so many other landforms, such as caves, natural archs and stacks, form on headlands. Wave refraction disperses wave energy through the bay, and along with the sheltering effect of the headlands this protects bays from storms. This effect means that the waves reaching the shore in a bay are usually constructive waves, and because of this most bays feature a beach. A bay may be only metres across, or it could be hundreds of kilometres across. Sometimes bays form where movements of the earth's crust (tectonics) bring areas of land together, or move them apart. Usually these bays are referred to as seas or gulfs and not bays. "Capes and bays geography" is a derogatory term for the approach to teaching geography that requires students to learn by rote the names of large number of geographical features rather than taking a more theoretically driven approach. List of some well-known headlands
List of some well-known bays
A couple of non-gulfs (actually straits) are:
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A couple of non-gulfs (actually straits) are:. Bonneville is the name of a full-size Pontiac--see Pontiac Bonneville. "Capes and bays geography" is a derogatory term for the approach to teaching geography that requires students to learn by rote the names of large number of geographical features rather than taking a more theoretically driven approach. See Triumph Motorcycles. Usually these bays are referred to as seas or gulfs and not bays. Bonneville is the name of a motorcycle manufactured by Triumph. Sometimes bays form where movements of the earth's crust (tectonics) bring areas of land together, or move them apart. Bonneville crater is a Martian crater visited by the Mars Exploration Rover in 2004. A bay may be only metres across, or it could be hundreds of kilometres across. Bonneville is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:. This effect means that the waves reaching the shore in a bay are usually constructive waves, and because of this most bays feature a beach. . Wave refraction disperses wave energy through the bay, and along with the sheltering effect of the headlands this protects bays from storms. Bonneville-sur-Touques, in the Calvados département. Wave refraction occurs on headlands concentrating wave energy on them, so many other landforms, such as caves, natural archs and stacks, form on headlands. Bonneville-la-Louvet, in the Calvados département. Bays form where weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk, limestone, granite) forming a headland, or peninsula. La Bonneville-sur-Iton, in the Eure département. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bonneville-et-Saint-Avit-de-Fumadières, in the Dordogne département. Headlands and bays are usually found together on the same stretch of coastline. Bonneville-Aptot, in the Eure département. . Bonneville, in the Somme département. A gulf generally occupies an area larger than a bay and may itself contain one or more bays. La Bonneville, in the Manche département. When headlands dramatically affect the ocean currents they are often called capes. Bonneville, in the Haute Savoie département. Large headlands may also be called peninsulas, long, narrow and high headlands promontories. Bonneville, in the Charente département. A bay is the reverse, an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bonneville County is located in Southwestern Idaho. A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. Bonneville Lock and Dam is the name of a dam structure built across the Columbia River, on the border between Washington and Oregon. Gulf of Aden. It is public land, administered by the state government, and has a website here. Gulf of Oman. Its dry, hard, flat surface made it a favorite of early auto racers and it has been the site of most of the world land speed record runs. Tasman Bay, New Zealand. Bonneville Salt Flats is the name of an ancient lake bed in Utah. South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand. Port Phillip Bay, Australia. North Taranaki Bight, New Zealand. Hawke Bay, New Zealand. Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Botany Bay, near Sydney, Australia. Great Australian Bight off the south coast of Australia. Oceania
Tampa Bay in Florida. San Francisco Bay in California. Saginaw Bay in Michigan. Penobscot Bay in Maine. Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. Monterey Bay in California. Mobile Bay in Alabama. Massachusetts Bay in Massachusetts. James Bay, between Ontario and Quebec, opens to Hudson Bay to the north. Hudson Bay, between the Canadian provinces and territories of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut. Gulf of Mexico between Mexico and the United States. Gulf of Maine in Maine. Gulf of Santa Catalina in California. Gulf of California between the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican mainland. Grand Traverse Bay in Michigan. Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. Galveston Bay in Texas. Delaware Bay between Delaware and the New Jersey. Chesapeake Bay mostly in Maryland. Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts. Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Bay of Pigs on Cuba. Bay of Green Bay in Wisconsin. Bahía de Banderas, Mexico. Baffin Bay, between Canada and Greenland. North American, Central America and the Caribbean
Red Sea. Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran. Manila Bay on Luzon island in the Philippines. Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat (India). Gulf of Cambay(Khambhat), Gujarat (India). Liaodong Bay. Laizhou Bay. Bohai Bay. Bohai Gulf (China)
Europe - Mediterranean Sea
Bay of Mecklenburg, between Germany and Denmark. Bay of Greifswald in Germany. Bay of Szczecin, between Poland and Germany. Bay of Pomerania, between Poland and Germany
Vistula Bay. Bay of Puck. Bay of Gdansk between Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast
Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. Europe - Baltic Sea
Europe - Atlantic
Young Nick's Head in New Zealand. South East Cape in Australia. North Cape in New Zealand. East Cape in New Zealand. Cape York in Australia. Cape Reinga in New Zealand. Cape Leeuwin in Australia. Cape Foulwind in New Zealand. Cape Egmont in New Zealand. Oceania
Cape Froward in Chile. South America
Cape Henry in Virginia, USA. Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, USA. Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA. Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador/Nunavut, Canada. Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA. North American, Central America and the Caribbean
Cape Engaño on the Philippines. Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin in Tamil Nadu, India. Asia
Cap Gris Nez in France. Cape Wrath in Scotland. North Cape in Norway. Cape Finisterre in Spain. Cape Arkona in Germany. Cabo da Roca in Portugal. Europe
Cape Juby in Morocco. Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Cape Agulhas in South Africa. Africa
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