Bay of Campeche
The Bay of Campeche, or Campeche Sound, is a bight in the southern area of the Gulf of Mexico, forming the north side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexican states of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bight in the southern area of the Gulf of Mexico
- Also known as: “Bahia de Campeche”, “Golfo de Campéche”, “Gulf of Campeche”, “Sonda de Campeche”, and “Sound of Campeche”
Bay of Campeche
- Categories: bight and body of water
- Location: Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Bay of Campeche” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج كامبيشي”
- Basque: “Campecheko golkoa”
- Belarusian: “Заліў Кампечэ”
- Belarusian: “Кампечэ”
- Bosnian: “Kampečki zaliv”
- Bosnian: “Zaliv Campeche”
- Bulgarian: “Кампече”
- Catalan: “Golf de Campeche”
- Cebuano: “Bahía de Campeche”
- Chinese: “Campeche Oan”
- Chinese: “坎佩切湾”
- Chinese: “坎佩切灣”
- Czech: “Campečský záliv”
- Danish: “Campechebugten”
- Dutch: “Baai van Campeche”
- Dutch: “Golf van Campeche”
- Esperanto: “golfo de Campeche”
- Esperanto: “kampeŝa golfo”
- French: “baie de Campêche”
- French: “Baie de Campêche”
- French: “Golfe de Campeche”
- Galician: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Georgian: “კამპეჩეს ყურე”
- German: “Golf von Campeche”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ קמפצ’ה”
- Icelandic: “Campeche-flói”
- Iloko: “Luek ti Campeche”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Campeche”
- Italian: “Baia di Campeche”
- Japanese: “カンペチェ湾”
- Korean: “캄페체만”
- Latvian: “Kampečes līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Kampečės įlanka”
- Macedonian: “Кампече”
- Macedonian: “Кампечки Залив”
- Marathi: “कांपेचेचे आखात”
- Marathi: “कॅम्पेकेचे आखात”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Campeche Oan”
- Mingrelian: “კამპეჩე”
- Mingrelian: “კამპეჩეშ ჸუჯი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Campechebukten”
- Norwegian: “Campechebukten”
- Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
- Persian: “خلیج کامپچه”
- Polish: “Campeche”
- Polish: “Zatoka Campeche”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Campeche”
- Russian: “Залив Кампече”
- Russian: “Кампече”
- Serbian: “Кампече”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Campeche”
- Slovak: “Campečský záliv”
- Slovenian: “Campečejski zaliv”
- Slovenian: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Swahili: “Hori ya Campeche”
- Swedish: “Bahía de Campeche”
- Swedish: “Bay of Campeche”
- Swedish: “Campechebukten”
- Swedish: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Turkish: “Campeche Körfezi”
- Turkish: “Campeche Koyu”
- Ukrainian: “Кампече (затока)”
- Ukrainian: “Кампече”
- Urdu: “خلیج کامپیچہ”
- Urdu: “خلیج کامپیچی”
- Venetian: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Vietnamese: “vịnh Campeche”
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh Campeche”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bahia han Campeche”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bay of Campeche”
- Waray (Philippines): “Baybayon han Campeche”
- Western Frisian: “Golf fan Campeche”
- Western Frisian: “Golf fan Kampesj”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Bay of Campeche”. Photo: Joaquín Martínez Rosado, CC BY-SA 4.0.