Gulf of Nicoya
The Gulf of Nicoya is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. It separates the Nicoya Peninsula from the mainland of Costa Rica, and encompasses a marine and coastal landscape of wetlands, rocky islands and cliffs.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Gulf
- Description: bay in Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Nicoyski zaliv”, “Záliv Nicoya”, “Zatoka Nicoya”, and “Залив Никоя”
Gulf of Nicoya
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.84739° or 9° 50′ 51″ north
Longitude
-84.80116° or 84° 48′ 4″ west
Open location code
66XQR5WX+XG
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gulf of Nicoya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج نيكويا”
- Basque: “Nicoyako golkoa”
- Catalan: “golf de Nicoya”
- Catalan: “Golf de Nicoya”
- Cebuano: “Gulf of Nicoya”
- Chinese: “尼科亞灣”
- Croatian: “Nicoya (zaljev)”
- Croatian: “Nicoya”
- Czech: “Nicoya”
- Dutch: “Golf van Nicoya”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Nicoya”
- French: “golfe de Nicoya”
- French: “Golfe de Nicoya”
- German: “Golf von Nicoya”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ ניקויה”
- Italian: “golfo di Nicoya”
- Japanese: “ニコヤ湾”
- Korean: “니코야만”
- Kurdish: “Kendava Nîkoyayê”
- Lithuanian: “Nikojos įlanka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nicoyagolfen”
- Norwegian: “Nicoyagolfen”
- Polish: “Nicoya”
- Portuguese: “Golfo de Nicoya”
- Russian: “Никоя”
- Slovenian: “Golfo de Nicoya”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Nicoya”
- Spanish: “Golfo Nicoya”
- Swedish: “Gulf of Nicoya”
- Swedish: “Nicoyabukten”
- Venetian: “Golfo de Nicoya”
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh Nicoya”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Punta Cuchillo and Corralillo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Sail Rock and Negritos Afuera.
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