Baia dos Tigres

Baia dos Tigres
Great Fish Bay
Baia dos Tigres
Location in Angola
Coordinates 16°38′S 11°46′E / 16.633°S 11.767°E / -16.633; 11.767Coordinates: 16°38′S 11°46′E / 16.633°S 11.767°E / -16.633; 11.767
Ocean/sea sources Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries Angola
Max. length 35 km (22 mi)
Max. width 9 km (5.6 mi)
Islands Tigres Island
References [1]

Baia dos Tigres or Great Fish Bay is a bay in Angola.[2] It is located in the Namibe Province.

Geography

It once had a small peninsula on its eastern side, with its isthmus in the south and a well established fishing village named Tigres. The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula in 1962 and the water line was severed.[3] Tigres became an island overnight, Tigres Island, the largest island of Angola.[4]

Currently most of the area of the former bay has become a strait between the island and the mainland. Of the original bay only a small inlet open to the north —the Saco dos Tigres— remains at the southern end.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ GoogleEarth
  2. ↑ "Baia dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cool Waters". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Ilha dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Saco dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 14 October 2016.


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