The Bay of Biscay (/ ˈ b ɪ s k eɪ,-k i / BISS-kay, -⁠kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward to Cape Ortegal.

Biscay is one of the most renowned and prosperous provinces of Spain, historically a major trading hub in the Atlantic Ocean since medieval times and, later on, one of the largest industrial and financial centers of the Iberian Peninsula.

Max. depth: 4,735 metres (15,535 ft). Countries: France, Spain. Major ports and cities: Bordeaux, Bayonne, Biarritz, Donostia-San Sebastián, Bilbao, Brest, Nantes, La Rochelle, Santander, Gijón and Avilés. Written and fact-checked by Ontheworldmap.com team.

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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 …

Feb 26, 2021 · Covering an area of 223,000 km 2, the Bay of Biscay is a wide extension of the North Atlantic Ocean that is located on the western coast of Europe. The Bay of Biscay is bounded in the east by France and in the south by Spain. The Celtic Sea lies to …

Bay of Biscay. The Bay of Biscay is part of the North Atlantic Ocean and lies along the western coast of France up to the Spanish border. In English, the sea is named after Biscay, a Spanish province located on the northern coast. Other languages, however, have …

Feb 16, 2024 · English: Bathymetric map in English of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay. Limits of the seas as specified by the International Hydrographic Organization. Note: the background map is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.

Map of the Bay of Biscay. The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean south of the Celtic Sea. It is along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal. It is named in English after the province of Biscay, in the Spanish Basque Country.

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