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 Sea 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 Odesa, 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
- ^ "Gulf | Definition, Characteristics, & Facts".
 - ^ 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

