Green Bay
Green Bay is an arm of Lake Michigan, located along the south coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the east coast of Wisconsin. It is separated from the rest of the lake by the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, the Garden Peninsula in Michigan, and the chain of islands between them, all formed by the Niagara Escarpment.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: arm of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States
- Also known as: “Baie de Pouteotamiques”, “Baie de Puants”, “Baie Werte”, “Bay of Green Bay”, “Bodjwikwed”, “Boojwiikwedong”, “Enitajghe”, “Grand Bay”, “Greane Bay”, “Green Bay (Lake Michigan)”, “La Baie de Puants”, “La Baie de Saint Xavier”, “La Baie Ouverte”, “La Baie Overte”, “La Baie Salee”, “La Baie Verte”, “La Bay”, “La Baye”, “La Baye des Puans”, “La Baye des Puants”, “La Baye des Renards et Miamis”, “La Baye Verte”, “La Grande Baie”, “La Grande Baye des Puants”, “Le Grand Lac des Puants”, “Le Lac de la Nation Maritime”, “Le Lac des Gens de Mer”, “Le Lac des Ouinipigouek”, “Menominie Bay”, “Puans Bay”, “Puants Baja”, “Putci-wikit”, and “The Bay”
- Address: WI
Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Island Light.
Green Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Green Island Light is a lighthouse located on Green Island in Green Bay. Abandoned since its deactivation in 1956, it survives as a hollow shell near the existing skeleton tower.
Green Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Door County, Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.02971° or 45° 1′ 47″ northLongitude
-87.46094° or 87° 27′ 39″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
86QJ2GHQ+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 369021045OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Green Bay” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Грийн Бей”
- Catalan: “Green Bay”
- Cebuano: “Green Bay”
- Chinese: “格林湾”
- Dutch: “Green Bay”
- Esperanto: “Verda Golfo”
- French: “baie de Green Bay”
- French: “Baie de Green Bay”
- German: “Green Bay”
- Hebrew: “גרין ביי”
- Italian: “Green Bay”
- Japanese: “グリーン湾”
- Lithuanian: “Žalioji įlanka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Green Bay”
- Norwegian: “Green Bay”
- Polish: “Green Bay”
- Russian: “Грин-Бей (залив озера Мичиган)”
- Russian: “Грин-Бей”
- Slovenian: “Green Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Green Bay”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Green Bay”
- Swedish: “Green Bay”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Menekaunee and Little Harbor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Green Island and Murphy County Park.
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