Bay
Bay of Biscay
The 4th largest of the 14 bays measured in this atlas.
surface area 223,000 km² · 4th/14
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 223,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Maximum depth
- 4,735 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 594 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 511 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 2 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q41573
Among the world's bays
Each line is every one of the bays in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area223,000 km²4th of 14 · median 15,001 km²
- Maximum depth4,735 m1st of 16 · median 93 m
- Length594 km3rd of 10 · median 320 km
- Width511 km4th of 10 · median 355 km