Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas. It is the seventh-largest estuary in the United States, and the largest of seven major estuaries along the Texas Gulf Coast.- Type: Bay
- Description: estuary bay near Houston on the Texas Gulf Coast
- Also known as: “Bahia de Galveston”, “Baie de Calveston”, “Baie Galveston”, “Galveston Bay, TX”, “Galvestonin lahti”, “golfo de Galveston”, “Lower Galveston Bay”, and “Upper Galveston Bay”
- Address: TX
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Jardin Del Mar and Seabrook.
El Jardin Del Mar
Hamlet
El Jardin del Mar is a community located in Seabrook, Texas, United States.
Galveston Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Chambers, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.56967° or 29° 34′ 11″ north
Longitude
-94.93659° or 94° 56′ 12″ west
Open location code
76X7H397+V9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Venetian—“Galveston Bay” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গালভেস্টন উপসাগর”
- Bulgarian: “Галвестън”
- Catalan: “badia de Galveston”
- Catalan: “Badia de Galveston”
- Cebuano: “Galveston Bay”
- Chinese: “加尔维斯顿湾”
- Chinese: “加爾維斯頓灣”
- Dutch: “Baai van Galveston”
- Esperanto: “Galveston Bay”
- Finnish: “Galvestoninlahti”
- French: “baie de Galveston”
- French: “Baie de Galveston”
- German: “Galveston Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ גלווסטון”
- Italian: “baia di Galveston”
- Italian: “Baia di Galveston”
- Japanese: “ガルヴェストン湾”
- Japanese: “ガルベストン湾”
- Lithuanian: “Galvestono įlanka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galveston Bay”
- Persian: “خلیج گلوستون”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Galveston”
- Serbian: “Galveston”
- Serbian: “Галвестон”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Galveston”
- Venetian: “Baja de Galveston”
- “Galveston Bay”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Surf Oaks and Todville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Blue Water Atoll and Red Bluff.
Texas: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Houston and Austin.
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