Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
The 2nd deepest of the 27 gulfs measured in this atlas.
maximum depth 4,384 m · 2nd/27
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 1,550,000 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
- 4,384 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.
- Width
- 1,500 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.
- Named after
- Mexico
- 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
- 3 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
- Q12630
Among the world's gulfs
Each line is every one of the gulfs 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 area1,550,000 km²1st of 11 · median 160,000 km²
- Maximum depth4,384 m2nd of 27 · median 200 m
- Width1,500 km1st of 9 · median 244 km
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