Bay of Santander
The Bay of Santander is both a comarca of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km2. Due to the influence of Santander and its metropolitan area, nearly half of the population of the autonomous community of Cantabria is gathered around it, which makes the anthropic pressure on this area of water quite notable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Santander Airport and Botin Centre.
Santander Airport
Aerodrome
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Santander Airport, officially Seve Ballesteros–Santander Airport, is an international airport near Santander, Spain and the only airport in Cantabria. In 2018 the airport handled 1,103,353 passengers and 11,258 flights, far more than in 1995 when it handled only 180,000 passengers.
Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria
Museum
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The Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria is an art museum in Santander, Spain. Today the museum specializes in modern and contemporary art. Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria is situated 2½ km north of Bay of Santander.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrio Pesquero and Castilla-Hermida.
Islas de San Juan
Locality
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Islas de San Juan is a locality, which is situated 2½ km south of Bay of Santander.
Bay of Santander
- Type: Bay
- Description: comarca in Cantabria, Spain
- Category: body of water
- Location: Santander, Cantabria, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Bay of Santander from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Bay of Santander” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Santanderko badia”
- Cebuano: “Bay of Santander”
- Chinese: “桑坦德湾”
- Chinese: “桑坦德灣”
- Dutch: “Bay of Santander”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Santandero”
- French: “baie de Santander”
- French: “Baie de Santander”
- Galician: “Baía de Santander”
- Italian: “Baia di Santander”
- Italian: “Comarca di Santander”
- Japanese: “サンタンデール湾”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santanderbukta”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Santander”
- Scots: “Bay o Santander”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Santader”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Santader”
- Spanish: “Bahia de santander”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Santander”
- Spanish: “Bahía de santander”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Santander”
- Swedish: “Bay of Santander”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Punta de Elechas and Almojo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Islote Marnay and Canal Peña del Mar.
Cantabria: Must-Visit Destinations
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