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Morecambe Bay

(Encyclopedia)Morecambe Bay, shallow inlet of the Irish Sea, 16 mi (26 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, separating Furness peninsula from the mainland, NW England. It receives the Kent and Lune rivers. Shrimp are...

Biscayne Bay

(Encyclopedia)Biscayne Bay bĭskānˈ [key], shallow, narrow inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, c.40 mi (60 km) long, SE Fla. Famous resort areas, including Miami and Miami Beach, are on the NW and NE respectively. Touri...

Bay Islands

(Encyclopedia)Bay Islands, Honduras: see Bahía, Islas de la. ...

bay leaf

(Encyclopedia)bay leaf: see laurel.

Walfisch Bay

(Encyclopedia)Walfisch Bay: see Walvis Bay, Namibia. ...

Thunder Bay

(Encyclopedia)Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and t...

Whitefish Bay

(Encyclopedia)Whitefish Bay, village (1990 pop. 14,272), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., a residential suburb of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan; inc. 1892. Tourists are attracted to recreation provided by the lake. ...

Whitley Bay

(Encyclopedia)Whitley Bay, town (1991 pop. 36,040), North Tyneside metropolitan district, NE England, on the North Sea. Formerly the urban district of Whitley and Monkseaton, Whitley Bay was chartered as a municipa...

Bay Shore

(Encyclopedia)Bay Shore, uninc. village (2020 pop. 29,799), Islip town, Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on the south shore of Long Island, at the widest point of Great South Ba...

Bay Village

(Encyclopedia)Bay Village, city (2020 pop. 16,163), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1903. It is a residential community with some light industry. ...
 

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