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Bay of Biscay Santagadea, Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.

Bay of Biscay

bay, Europe
Also known as: Golfe de Gascogne, Golfo de Vizcaya
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Bay of Biscay, wide inlet of the North Atlantic Ocean indenting the coast of western Europe. Forming a roughly triangular body with an area of about 86,000 square miles (223,000 square km), it is bounded on the east by the west coast of France and on the south by the north coast of Spain. Its maximum depth, a little south of its center, is 15,525 feet (4,735 meters). The principal rivers flowing into the bay...

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