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.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bight in the southern area of the Gulf of Mexico
- Also known as: “Baai van Campeche”, “Bahia de Campeche”, “Baybayon han Campeche”, “Campečejski zaliv”, “Campeche Körfezi”, “golfo de Campeche”, “Golfo de Campéche”, “Gulf of Campeche”, “Sonda de Campeche”, “Sound of Campeche”, “Zatoka Campeche”, “Залив Кампече”, “خليج كامبيشي”, “خلیج عقبه”, and “कॅम्पेकेचे आखात”
Bay of Campeche
- Categories: bight and body of water
- Location: Mexico, North America
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Latitude
20° north
Longitude
-94° or 94° west
Open location code
76G82222+22
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Bay of Campeche” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج كمبيشي”
- 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: “坎佩切湾”
- Chinese: “坎佩切灣”
- Czech: “Campečský záliv”
- Danish: “Campechebugten”
- Dutch: “Golf van 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: “Кампечки Залив”
- Marathi: “कांपेचेचे आखात”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Campeche Oan”
- Mingrelian: “კამპეჩე”
- Mingrelian: “კამპეჩეშ ჸუჯი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Campechebukten”
- Norwegian: “Campechebukten”
- Persian: “خلیج کامپچه”
- Polish: “Campeche”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Campeche”
- Russian: “Кампече”
- Serbian: “Кампече”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Campeche”
- Slovak: “Campečský záliv”
- Slovenian: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Campeche”
- Swahili: “Hori ya Campeche”
- Swedish: “Campechebukten”
- 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”
- Western Frisian: “Golf fan Campeche”
- Western Frisian: “Golf fan Kampesj”
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