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Ria de Vigo

Vigo Ria and is an estuary in . It is the southernmost ria of the . It is located in the south of the , and extends in a northeast direction over a distance of 35 kilometres from its mouth at Cape Silleiro to the deepest point in Arcade, with a maximum width of 7 km and the narrowest in the Strait of Rande, at 700 m.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Gabriel González, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Also known as: “Ria de Vego”, “Ría de Vigo”, and “Vigo Ria”
  • Historically known as: “Vigo Bay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carmelites and Garcia Barbon Theatre.

School
The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, known as the or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Catholic Church for both men and women.

Theater building
Photo: HombreDHojalata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Afundacion Vigo Theatre for sponsorship reasons, is a 994-seat performing arts center in , Spain. Designed by Spanish architect Antonio Palacios, it was built in 1927 on the site formerly occupied by the Rosalia de Castro Theatre, destroyed by fire in 1910.

Museum
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
The Vigo Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum in , . It displays changing exhibitions of contemporary art, but has no permanent collection.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilela and O Igrexario.

Hamlet
Photo: Chairego apc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Hamlet
Photo: Beninho, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Suburb
Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
is a suburb.

Ria de Vigo

Latitude
42.25157° or 42° 15′ 6″ north
Longitude
-8.74604° or 8° 44′ 46″ west
Open location code
8CJH7723+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2671468609
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3105970
Wiki­data ID
Q3232570
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Ria de Vigo” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Vigoko itsasadarra”
  • Catalan: “Ria de Vigo”
  • Catalan: “Ría de Vigo”
  • Cebuano: “Ría de Vigo”
  • Chinese: “維哥灣”
  • Chinese: “维哥湾”
  • Chinese: “维戈湾”
  • Galician: “ría de Vigo”
  • Galician: “Ría de Vigo”
  • German: “Ría de Vigo”
  • Polish: “Ría de Vigo”
  • Portuguese: “Ria de Vigo”
  • Russian: “Виго”
  • Slovenian: “Ría de Vigo”
  • Spanish: “Ria de Vigo”
  • Spanish: “Ría de Vigo”
  • Spanish: “Rias de Vigo”
  • Spanish: “Rías de Vigo”
  • Swedish: “Ría de Vigo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ria de Vigo”. Photo: Gabriel González, CC BY 2.0.