Aransas Bay
Aransas Bay is a bay on the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, and 173 miles south of San Antonio. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by San José Island. Aransas Pass is the most direct navigable outlet into the Gulf of Mexico from the bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Texas, United States of America
- Address: TX
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fulton and Rockport.
Fulton
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Fulton is a small town in Texas, just north of Rockport and about 45 minutes north of Corpus Christi, along the Gulf of Mexico. It is along the coast of the Aransas Bay, with the Gulf of Mexico about 5 miles out across the bay.
Rockport
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Rockport is a small city in the South Barrier Coast region of Texas, about 45 minutes north up the Gulf of Mexico coast from Corpus Christi. It's right between Copano Bay to the west, on the coast of Aransas Bay.
Aransas Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Aransas, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
28.05029° or 28° 3′ 1″ northLongitude
-96.99166° or 96° 59′ 30″ westOpen location code
76W53225+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 369119558OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4671130Wikidata ID
Q2919062
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Aransas Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Aransas Bay”
- Chinese: “阿蘭瑟斯灣”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ אראנסאס”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ אראנסו”
- Italian: “Baia di Aransas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aransas Bay”
- Polish: “Zatoka Aransas”
- Portuguese: “Baía do Aransas”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Aransas”
- Uzbek: “Aranzas koʻrfazi”
- “Aransas Bay”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Key Allegro and Copano Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Deadman Island and Fulton Mansion State Historic Site.
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