Gulf of Paria

The Gulf of Paria is a 7,800 km and Venezuela the remainder. It was originally named the Gulf of the Whale by Christopher Columbus, but the 19th-century whaling industry eliminated whales from the area and populations have never recovered.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Gulf
  • Description: semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela
  • Also known as: “Boca de la Serpiente”, “Boca del Dragon”, “Boca del Dragón”, “Golfo Triste”, “залив Париа”, “залив Пария”, “заліў Парыя”, and “Париа”

Gulf of Paria

Latitude
10.37583° or 10° 22′ 33″ north
Longitude
-62.02881° or 62° 1′ 44″ west
Open location code
772V9XGC+8F
Geo­Names ID
3630695
Wiki­data ID
Q844799
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Gulf of Paria” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج باريا”
  • Belarusian: “Парыя”
  • Bulgarian: “Пария (залив)”
  • Bulgarian: “Пария”
  • Catalan: “golf de Paria”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Paria”
  • Cebuano: “Gulf of Paria”
  • Chinese: “帕里亚湾”
  • Chinese: “帕里亞灣”
  • Croatian: “Paría”
  • Croatian: “Zaljev Paria”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Paria”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo Paria”
  • Estonian: “Paria laht”
  • French: “golfe de Paria”
  • French: “Golfe de Paria”
  • Georgian: “პარია”
  • German: “Golf von Paria”
  • Hungarian: “Paria-öböl”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Paria”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Paria”
  • Japanese: “パリア湾”
  • Korean: “파리아만”
  • Lithuanian: “Parijos įlanka”
  • Persian: “خلیج پاریا”
  • Polish: “Paria”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Paria”
  • Russian: “Пария”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paria”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Paría”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Paria”
  • Swedish: “Pariagolfen”
  • Turkish: “Paria Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Парія”
  • Venetian: “Golfo de Paria”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Paria”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Paria”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Uquirito and Puerto de Hierro.

Trinidad and Tobago: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Port of Spain and Chaguanas.

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