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Bays

A body of water partially enclosed by land, larger than a cove and smaller than a gulf. Allows access to the sea.

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Bays

Liberty Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Liberty Bay is a narrow inlet extending about 4 miles from the northwest part of Port Orchard, adjacent to the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington, USA.

Skagit Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Skagit Bay is a bay and strait located in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of the Whidbey Island Basin of Puget Sound. The Skagit River empties into Skagit Bay. To the south, Skagit Bay ...

Shilshole Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Shilshole Bay is the part of Puget Sound east of a line drawn northeasterly from Seattle's West Point in the southwest to its Golden Gardens Park in the northeast. On its shores lie Discovery Park, ...

Portage Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Portage Bay is an arm of Seattle, Washington's Lake Union and is part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Its western limit can be said to be the Ship Canal Bridge, which carries Interstate 5 over the ...

Union Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Union Bay is part of Lake Washington in Seattle between Webster Point in the Laurelhurst neighbourhood to the north (its southernmost point) and Foster Point in the Madison Park neighbourhood to the ...

Padilla Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Padilla Bay is bay located in the U.S. state of Washington, between the San Juan Islands and the mainland. Fidalgo Island and Guemes Island lie to the west of Padilla Bay. Guemes Channel, between the ...

Green Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Green Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in ...

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