Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay is in northern , 170 km east of . The bay is famous for its scenic ocean karst topography and is often included on lists of natural wonders of the world, including the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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City is a town on the northern side of the Ha Long Bay Archipelago of . It's the capital of Vietnam's Quang Ninh province.

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is an island in the Archipelago of 's Ha Long Bay. is the largest island in the Bay and approximately half of its area is covered by a national park, which is home to the highly endangered langur.

is an island in Ha Long Bay, .

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is a city on Van Don island in Halong Bay, north .

Cửa Ông is a town in Halong Bay, in northern .
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Ha Long Bay

Latitude of center
20.9084° or 20° 54′ 30″ north
Longitude of center
107.0683° or 107° 4′ 6″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2707025319
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1581250
Wiki­data ID
Q190128
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Ha Long Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: خليج ها لونج
  • Armenian: Հալոնգ ծովախորշ
  • Asturian: Badea d’Hai-Long
  • Azerbaijani: Halonq buxtası
  • Basque: Ha Long badia
  • Belarusian: Бухта Халонг
  • Bengali: হা লং উপসাগর
  • Breton: Bae Ha Long
  • Breton: Bae Hạ Long
  • Bulgarian: Ха Лонг Бей
  • Bulgarian: Ха Лонг
  • Burmese: Halong Bay
  • Burmese: ဟလောင်းပင်လယ်အော်
  • Catalan: Badia de Ha Long
  • Catalan: badia de Hạ Long
  • Catalan: Badia de Hạ Long
  • Catalan: Badia de Halong
  • Catalan: Hạ Long
  • Cebuano: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Central Bikol: Ha Long Bay
  • Chinese: 下龍灣
  • Chinese: 下龙湾
  • Croatian: Hạ Long
  • Croatian: Zaljev Ha Long
  • Croatian: Zaljev Hạ Long
  • Czech: Ha Long
  • Czech: Halong Bay
  • Czech: Zátoka Ha Long
  • Danish: Ha Long-bugten
  • Danish: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Dutch: Baie d’Along
  • Dutch: Ha Long Baai
  • Dutch: Hạ Long Baai
  • Dutch: Ha Longbaai
  • Dutch: Hạ Longbaai
  • Dutch: Halong Bay
  • Dutch: Halongbaai
  • Esperanto: Golfo Halong
  • Estonian: Hạ Longi laht
  • Finnish: Alonginlahti
  • Finnish: Halongin lahti
  • Finnish: Halonginlahti
  • French: Along
  • French: baie d’Along
  • French: Baie d’Along
  • French: Baie d’Ha Long
  • French: Baie d’Ha-Long
  • French: Baie d’Halong
  • French: Baie de Ha Long
  • French: Baie de Hạ Long
  • French: Ha Long
  • French: Îles de la baie de Hạ Long
  • Georgian: ჰა ლონგის უბე
  • Georgian: ჰა-ლონგის უბე
  • German: Bucht von Halong
  • German: Ha Long
  • German: Ha-Long-Bucht
  • German: Halong-Bucht
  • German: Halong
  • German: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Greek: Κόλπος του Χα Λονγκ
  • Greek: Κόλπος Χα Λονγκ
  • Hebrew: האלונג ביי
  • Hebrew: הלונג ביי
  • Hebrew: מפרץ הא לונג
  • Hebrew: מפרץ האלונג
  • Hebrew: מפרץ הלונג
  • Hindi: हालोंग की खाड़ी
  • Hungarian: Ha Long-öböl
  • Hungarian: Hạ Long-öböl
  • Indonesian: Teluk Ha Long
  • Indonesian: Teluk Halong
  • Italian: baia di Ha Long
  • Italian: Baia di Ha Long
  • Italian: baia di Halong
  • Japanese: ハーロン湾
  • Japanese: ハロン湾
  • Japanese: 下龍湾
  • Javanese: Lempongan Hạ Long
  • Javanese: Teluk Ha Long
  • Kashmiri: ہا لونٛگ سۆتُھر
  • Khmer: ឆ្នេរសមុទ្រហាឡុង
  • Korean: 하롱 만
  • Korean: 하롱 베이
  • Korean: 하롱만
  • Korean: 하롱베이
  • Korean: 할롱 베이
  • Korean: 할롱만
  • Korean: 할롱베이
  • Lao: ອ່າວ ຮ້າລອງ
  • Lao: ອ່າວຮ້າລອງ
  • Latvian: Halonas līcis
  • Lithuanian: Ha Longo įlanka
  • Lithuanian: Halongo įlanka
  • Macedonian: Заливот Халонг
  • Macedonian: Халонг
  • Maithili: हा लोङ खाडी
  • Malay: Teluk Ha Long
  • Malayalam: ഹാ ലോങ് ബേ
  • Maltese: Bajja ta‘ Ha Long
  • Maltese: Bajja ta’ Ha Long
  • Marathi: हा लाँग बे
  • Mongolian: Ха Лон булан
  • Nepali: हा लोङ खाडी
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ha Long-bukta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ha Long-bukten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hạ Long-bukten
  • Norwegian: Hạ Long-bukten
  • Persian: خلیج ها لونگ
  • Polish: Ha Long
  • Polish: Hạ Long
  • Polish: Vinh Ha Long
  • Polish: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Polish: Zatoka Ha Long
  • Portuguese: Along
  • Portuguese: Baía de Along
  • Portuguese: Baía de Ha Long
  • Portuguese: Ha Long
  • Russian: Бухта Халонг
  • Russian: Залив Халонг
  • Russian: Ха-лонг
  • Russian: Халонг
  • Serbian: Залив Халонг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Zaljev Ha Long
  • Slovak: Dračia zátoka
  • Slovak: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Slovak: Zátoka Ha Long
  • Slovak: Zátoka Hạ Long
  • Slovenian: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Slovenian: Zaliv Ha Long
  • Slovenian: zaliv Halong
  • Spanish: bahia de Ha Long
  • Spanish: bahía de Ha Long
  • Spanish: Bahía de Ha Long
  • Spanish: bahia de Ha-Long
  • Spanish: bahía de Ha-Long
  • Spanish: Bahía de Ha-Long
  • Spanish: Halong
  • Swedish: Ha Long Bay
  • Swedish: Ha Long-bukten
  • Swedish: Ha-Longbukten
  • Tamil: கலாங் விரிகுடா
  • Thai: Halong Bay
  • Thai: อ่าวหะล็อง
  • Thai: อ่าวฮาลอง
  • Thai: ฮาลองเบย์
  • Turkish: Ha Long Koyu
  • Ukrainian: Ха Лонг
  • Ukrainian: Халонг
  • Urdu: خلیج ہا لونگ
  • Venetian: Baja de Ha-Long
  • Vietnamese: Hạ Long
  • Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long
  • Vietnamese: Vịnh hạ-long
  • Waray (Philippines): Bahia han Halong
  • Waray (Philippines): Baybayon Halong
  • Waray (Philippines): Baybayon han Halong
  • Welsh: Bae Ha Long
  • Welsh: Bae Hạ Long
  • Welsh: Bae Halong
  • Western Panjabi: ہالونگ بے
  • Wu Chinese: 下龙湾
  • Yue Chinese: 下龍灣

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