Bay of Biscay
gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea
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Summary
Bay of Biscay is a bay[1]. It ranks in the top 0.21% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,172 views/month, #3 of 1,398).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: France[3], Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[5]
- Shares border with: France[6], Spain[7], Atlantic Ocean[8]
- Named after: Biscay[9], Gascony[10]
- Inflows: rivière d'Étel[11], Lea River[12], Artibai[13], Vilaine[14], Seudre[15], Oria[16], Ter[17], Uhabia[18], Untxin[19], Escudo River[20], Pont-l'Abbé river[21], Loire[22], Bidasoa[23], Saja[24]
- Part of: Atlantic Ocean[25]
- Commons category: Bay of Biscay[26]
- Has part(s): Cantabrian Sea[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bay of Biscay[28]
- Commons gallery: Golfe de Gascogne[29]
- Described by source: Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], Otto's encyclopedia[37], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[38], Pauly–Wissowa[39], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[40]
- Published in: The New Student's Reference Work[41]
- Official name: Golfo de Vizcaya[42], golfe de Gascogne[43]
- Category for people who died here: Q27506551[44]
- Length: 593.7 km[45]
- Area: 223,000 km²[46]
- Width: 511.1 km[47]
- Volume as quantity: 389,000 cubic kilometre[48]
Why It Matters
Bay of Biscay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]