Delaware Bay

Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of and .
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay on the east coast of the United States
  • Also known as: Baeij Vande Zuyt Revier”, “Baeijuande Zuyt Revier”, “Bay of Delaware”, “Dallaware Bay”, “De La War Bay”, “Delawar Bay”, “Delaware Baie”, “Delewares Bay”, “Dellawar Bay”, “Dillawar Bay”, “Godins Bay”, “Godyns Bay”, “Godyns Bray”, “New Port May”, “New Port Mey”, “Niew Port May”, “Pontaxit”, “Poutaxat”, “Saint Christopher’s Bay”, “South Bay”, “Zuyt Baai”, and “Zuytbay

Delaware Bay

Latitude
39.05011° or 39° 3′ 0″ north
Longitude
-75.14963° or 75° 8′ 59″ west
Elevation
-36 feet (-11 metres)
Open location code
87F63V22+24
Geo­Names ID
4142190
Wiki­data ID
Q738808
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Delaware Bay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Delawarebaai
  • Basque: Delaware badia
  • Belarusian: Дэлавэр
  • Belarusian: Заліў Дэлавэр
  • Bulgarian: Делауеър
  • Catalan: badia del Delaware
  • Cebuano: Delaware Bay (luuk sa Estados Unidos)
  • Cebuano: Delaware Bay
  • Central Kurdish: کەنداوی دێلاوێر
  • Chinese: 德拉瓦灣
  • Chinese: 特拉华湾
  • Chinese: 特拉華灣
  • Czech: Delaware
  • Czech: Delawarský záliv
  • Czech: zátoka Delaware
  • Dutch: Delaware Bay
  • Esperanto: Delavara Golfeto
  • Estonian: Delware’i laht
  • Finnish: Delawarenlahti
  • French: Baie de Delaware
  • French: Baie de la Delaware
  • French: baie du Delaware
  • French: Baie du Delaware
  • Galician: Baía de Delaware
  • Georgian: დელავერის ყურე
  • German: Delaware Bay
  • German: Godyns Bay
  • German: Saint Christopher’s Bay
  • Greek: Κόλπος του Ντέλαγουερ
  • Hebrew: מפרץ דלאוור
  • Hungarian: Delaware-öböl
  • Inari Sami: Delawareluohtâ
  • Indonesian: Teluk Delaware
  • Italian: baia del Delaware
  • Italian: Baia del Delaware
  • Italian: Delaware Bay
  • Japanese: デラウェア湾
  • Korean: 델라웨어만
  • Lithuanian: Delavero įlanka
  • Northern Sami: Delawareluokta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Delawarebukten
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Delawarebukta
  • Norwegian: Delawarebukten
  • Piemontese: Delaware (ansen)
  • Piemontese: Delaware
  • Polish: Delaware
  • Polish: Zatoka Delaware
  • Portuguese: Baía de Delaware
  • Romanian: Golful Delaware
  • Russian: Делавэр
  • Russian: Делавэрский залив
  • Serbian: Залив Делавер
  • Skolt Sami: Delawareluhtt
  • Slovenian: Delavarski zaliv
  • Slovenian: Delaware Bay
  • Spanish: Bahia de Delaware
  • Spanish: Bahía de Delaware
  • Swedish: Delawarebukten
  • Thai: อ่าวเดลาแวร์
  • Ukrainian: Делаверська затока
  • Venetian: Baja de Delaware
  • Vietnamese: Vịnh Delaware

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