This page will contain external links 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:. Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical. "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. We are made up of trillions of microbes. Usually these bays are referred to as seas or gulfs and not bays. Body Ecology focuses on the ecology within the body. Sometimes bays form where movements of the earth's crust (tectonics) bring areas of land together, or move them apart. The body of evidence is a phrase which defines the sum total of all knowledge or evidence of some thing. A bay may be only metres across, or it could be hundreds of kilometres across. The whole is more than the simple sum of the individual members, because the whole contains, in addition, information about the relationships among the elements of the whole. 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 body is also a held-together collection or group of physical objects or abstract ideas and, in particular, an organisation of such. Wave refraction disperses wave energy through the bay, and along with the sheltering effect of the headlands this protects bays from storms. The study of the working of a body is anatomy. Wave refraction occurs on headlands concentrating wave energy on them, so many other landforms, such as caves, natural archs and stacks, form on headlands. The human body consists of a head, neck, trunk, two arms, two legs and the genitals of the groin, which differ between males and females. 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. The dead bodies of vertebrate animals and insects are sometimes called carcasses, and dead viruses are called ghosts. Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. The body of a dead person is also called a corpse (human) or cadaver. Headlands and bays are usually found together on the same stretch of coastline. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death. . Plants composed of more than one cell are not normally regarded as possessing a body. A gulf generally occupies an area larger than a bay and may itself contain one or more bays. The same is true of excretable substances, such as stool, both while residing in the body and afterwards. When headlands dramatically affect the ocean currents they are often called capes. In some contexts, a superficial element of a body, such as hair may be regarded as not a part of it, even while attached. Large headlands may also be called peninsulas, long, narrow and high headlands promontories. With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. A bay is the reverse, an area of water bordered by land on three sides. A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. Gulf of Aden. Gulf of Oman. Tasman Bay, New Zealand. 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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