The Wash

The Wash is a shallow natural rectangular bay and multiple estuary on the east coast of in the . It is an inlet of the and is the largest multiple estuary system in the UK, as well as being the largest natural bay in England, and is the outflow for the rivers , , Nene and the Great Ouse, where Europe's only supervolcano lies underneath it.
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  • Bay
  • Description: bay in England, UK

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gedney Drove End.
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is a village in the civil parish… is situated 6 miles southwest of The Wash.

The Wash

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Latitude
52.91667° or 52° 55′ north
Longitude
0.25° or 0° 15′ east
Open location code
9F42W782+M2
Geo­Names ID
2634722
Wiki­data ID
Q1463998

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“The Wash” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “The Wash”
  • Breton: “The Wash”
  • Bulgarian: “Уош”
  • Catalan: “The Wash”
  • Cebuano: “The Wash (luuk sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera)”
  • Cebuano: “The Wash”
  • Chinese: “沃什河口”
  • Chinese: “沃什灣”
  • Chinese: “洗車好兄弟”
  • Chinese: “華許灣”
  • Czech: “The Wash”
  • Czech: “Wash”
  • Czech: “záliv Wash”
  • Danish: “The Wash”
  • Dutch: “The Wash”
  • Dutch: “Wash Bay”
  • Dutch: “Wash”
  • Esperanto: “The Wash”
  • Finnish: “The Wash”
  • French: “The Wash”
  • Galician: “The Wash”
  • German: “The Wash”
  • Hebrew: “ווש”
  • Hungarian: “The Wash”
  • Irish: “An Wash”
  • Italian: “The Wash”
  • Japanese: “ウォッシュ湾”
  • Japanese: “ザ・ウォッシュ”
  • Latvian: “Vošs”
  • Lithuanian: “Vošo įlanka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Wash”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Wash”
  • Norwegian: “The Wash”
  • Polish: “The Wash”
  • Portuguese: “The Wash”
  • Russian: “Залив Уош”
  • Russian: “Уош”
  • Serbian: “Залив Вош”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wash”
  • Spanish: “Estuario del Wash”
  • Spanish: “The Wash”
  • Swedish: “The Wash”
  • Swedish: “Wash”
  • Turkish: “The Wash”
  • Urdu: “دی واش”
  • Venetian: “The Wash”
  • Welsh: “Y Wash”
  • Western Frisian: “The Wash”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gat Channel and Lynn Channel.

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