Bays

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

Aransas Bay is a bay on the Texas gulf coast, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, and 173 miles (278 km) south of San Antonio. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by San ...

Baffin Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Baffin Bay is a bay in South Texas, an inlet of the larger Laguna Madre. Located near the Gulf of Mexico, Baffin Bay forms part of the boundary between Kenedy County and Kleberg County.

Copano Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Copano Bay is a northwestern extension of Aransas Bay, west of Rockport, Texas in Refugio and Aransas counties. It is supplied with seawater from the Gulf of Mexico via Aransas Bay, and fed ...

Corpus Christi Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Corpus Christi Bay is a scenic semi-tropical bay on the Texas coast found in San Patricio and Nueces counties, next to the major city of Corpus Christi. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by ...

East Matagorda Bay

Water bodies; Bays

East Matagorda Bay, is enclosed by the Matagorda Peninsula and the tidal flats at the mouth of the Colorado River. Its only true opening to the Gulf of Mexico is through Brown Cedar Cut, near the ...

Laguna Madre

Water bodies; Bays

Laguna Madre is a long shallow hypersaline bay along the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Nueces, Kenedy, Kleberg, Willacy and Cameron counties in Texas, United States. It is separated by the ...

Matagorda Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Matagorda Bay is a large estuary bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles (230 km) southeast ...