A gulf is bigger than a bay.
No. SF is larger according to wikipedia. I had the same question. I live in the Tampa Bay area and recently visited San Francisco and the bay seemed larger. San Francisco Bay is 1,040 to 4,160 square kilometers), depending on which sub-bays you include. Tampa Bay is 1031 square kilometers.
A seaway larger than a bay! also can be an inlet containing islands.
The Bay of Bengal is the deepest bay in the world at average depth of 1.6 miles. The maximum depth is 3 miles.
a bay is similar to a gulf. a peninsula is an outcropping of land in the water
The Bay of Campeche, which is part of the larger Gulf of Mexico, is located west of the Yucatan Peninsula. It touches the Mexican states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche, and is the area where most of Mexico's oil fields -- and its corresponding offshore platforms -- are located.
A gulf is bigger than a bay.
A bay is smaller than a gulf and a sea is larger than a gulf
a gulf (Think of the Gulf of Mexico.)
A gulf is considered bigger than a bay. There are exceptions, such as the Bay of Bengal being larger than the Gulf of Mexico.
A bay is a shallow, often in an arc, indent in the coastline; bigger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. A gulf is much larger and digs into the coastline further than a bay forming an arm of the sea. As by example of the Gulf of Mexico, the Persian Gulf.
its an bay how about that that answer sounds
A gulf is larger than a bay. It is a part of the sea or ocean that is partially surrounded by land.
A body of water larger than a bay is a gulf. They usually reach into the land and are salt water.
a gulf *example: the Gulf of Mexico
The indentation of a shoreline that is larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf is called a bay. The famous explorer that was rescued in a bay was Ernest Shackleton.
Gulf
A gulf. The word is derived from the Old French word "golfe" and the Greek word "kolpos" meaning "bosom, gulf."