Gulf of Mexico

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  • Type: Sea
  • Description: marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean
  • Also known as: “Bay of Mexico”, “Gulf of America”, “Mexican Gulf”, “Seno Mejicano”, and “The Gulf”

Gulf of Mexico

Latitude
25.2834° or 25° 17′ 0″ north
Longitude
-89.9066° or 89° 54′ 24″ west
Open location code
76QG73MV+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305639190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­sea
Wiki­data ID
Q12630
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Satellite Map

Discover Gulf of Mexico from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gulf of Mexico” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Golf van Meksiko”
  • Albanian: “Gjiri i Meksikës”
  • Amharic: “የሜክሲኮ ባሕር ሥላጤ”
  • Arabic: “خليج المكسيك”
  • Aragonese: “Golfo de Mexico”
  • Armenian: “Մեքսիկական ծոց”
  • Asturian: “golfu de Méxicu”
  • Asturian: “Golfu de Méxicu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Meksika dənizi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Meksika körfəzi”
  • Bashkir: “Мексика ҡултығы”
  • Basque: “Mexikoko golkoa”
  • Bavarian: “Goif vo Mexiko”
  • Belarusian: “Мексіканскі заліў”
  • Belarusian: “Мэксыканская затока”
  • Bengali: “মেক্সিকো উপসাগর”
  • Bosnian: “Meksički zaliv”
  • Breton: “pleg-mor Mec’hiko”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor Mec’hiko”
  • Bulgarian: “Мексикански залив”
  • Catalan: “golf de Mèxic”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Mèxic”
  • Cebuano: “Gulf of Mexico”
  • Cebuano: “Gulpo sa Mehiko”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەنداوی مەکسیک”
  • Chavacano: “Golfo de Mexico”
  • Chechen: “Мексикин айма”
  • Chinese: “Be̍k-se-ko Oan”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥湾”
  • Chinese: “墨西哥灣”
  • Chuvash: “Мексика кӳлмекĕ”
  • Corsican: “golfu di u Messicu”
  • Croatian: “Meksički zaljev”
  • Czech: “Mexický záliv”
  • Danish: “Mexicanske Golf”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Mexico”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خليج الميكسيك”
  • Esperanto: “Meksika golfo”
  • Esperanto: “Meksika Golfo”
  • Estonian: “Mehhiko laht”
  • Faroese: “Meksikoflógvin”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Mexico ke khaarri”
  • Finnish: “Meksikonlahti”
  • French: “golfe d’Amérique”
  • French: “golfe de l’Amérique”
  • French: “golfe du Mexique”
  • French: “Golfe du Mexique”
  • Galician: “Golfo de México”
  • Georgian: “მექსიკის ყურე”
  • German: “Golf von Mexico”
  • German: “Golf von Mexiko”
  • Greek: “κόλπος του Μεξικού”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος του Μεξικού”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Me̍t-sî-kô-vân”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ מקסיקו”
  • Hindi: “मेक्सिको की खाड़ी”
  • Hungarian: “Mexikói-öböl”
  • Icelandic: “Mexíkóflói”
  • Ido: “Golfo di Mexikia”
  • Ido: “Gulfo di Mexikia”
  • Iloko: “Golpo ti Mehiko”
  • Inari Sami: “Meksikoluohtâ”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Amerika”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Meksiko”
  • Interlingua: “Golfo de Mexico”
  • Irish: “Murascaill Mheicsiceo”
  • Italian: “golfo del Messico”
  • Italian: “Golfo del Messico”
  • Japanese: “メキシコ湾”
  • Javanese: “Teluk Méksiko”
  • Kabyle: “Abagu n Miksik”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Мексикан богъаз”
  • Kirghiz: “Мексика бою ойдуңу”
  • Kirghiz: “Мексика булуңу”
  • Korean: “멕시코만”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Meksîkê”
  • Latin: “Sinus Mexicanus”
  • Latvian: “Meksikas līcis”
  • Limburgan: “Golf va Mexico”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Golfo Mexican”
  • Lithuanian: “Meksikos įlanka”
  • Lojban: “mexygu’e xamsi”
  • Low German: “Gulf vun Mexiko”
  • Luxembourgish: “Golf vu Mexiko”
  • Macedonian: “Мексикански Залив”
  • Malagasy: “Hoalan‘ i Meksika”
  • Malagasy: “Hoalan’ i Meksika”
  • Malay: “Teluk Mexico”
  • Malayalam: “മെക്സിക്കോ ഉൾക്കടൽ”
  • Malayalam: “മെക്സിക്കോ കടലിടുക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “मेक्सिकोचे आखात”
  • Mazanderani: “مکزیکو دریامونا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Be̍k-se-ko-oan”
  • Minangkabau: “Taluak Meksiko”
  • Mingrelian: “მექსიკაშ ჸუჯი”
  • Mongolian: “Мексикийн булан”
  • Nepali: “गल्फ अफ मेक्सिको”
  • Nepali: “मेक्सिकोको खाडी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Golf faan Meksiko”
  • Northern Frisian: “Golf faan Meksikoo”
  • Northern Sami: “Meksikoluokta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amerikagolfen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mexicogolfen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mexicogolfen”
  • Norwegian: “Mexicogolfen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “golf de Mexic”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Golf de Mexic”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܡܟܣܝܩܘ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Mexicofeðm”
  • Ossetian: “Мексикæйы бакæлæн”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Persian: “خلیج مکزیک”
  • Piemontese: “Gòlf dël Méssich”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Meksykańska”
  • Portuguese: “Baía do México”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo do México”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo Mexicano”
  • Pushto: “د مکسيکو خليج”
  • Romanian: “Golful Mexic”
  • Russian: “Американский залив”
  • Russian: “Залив Америки”
  • Russian: “Мексиканский залив”
  • Russian: “Мексиканское море”
  • Sardinian: “Golfu de su Méssicu”
  • Scots: “Gulf o Mexico”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Camas Mheagsago”
  • Serbian: “Meksički zaliv”
  • Serbian: “Мексички залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Meksički zaliv”
  • Sicilian: “Gulfu dû Mèssicu”
  • Sindhi: “ميڪسيڪو جي نار”
  • Skolt Sami: “Meksikoluhtt”
  • Slovak: “Mexický záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Mehiški zaliv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مکزیک خلیجی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مکزیک کؤرفزی”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de México”
  • Spanish: “Ensenada Mexicana”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Cortés”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Florida”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Mexico”
  • Spanish: “golfo de México”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de México”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Nueva España”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de San Miguel”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Yucatán”
  • Spanish: “Mar del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Seno Mexicano”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba ya Meksiko”
  • Swedish: “Mexikanska golfen”
  • Tagalog: “Golpo ng Mehiko”
  • Tamil: “மெக்சிகோ வளைகுடா”
  • Tatar: “Мексика култыгы”
  • Thai: “อ่าวเม็กซิโก”
  • Turkish: “Amerika Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Meksika Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Мексиканська затока”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Mexiski zaliw”
  • Urdu: “خلیج میکسیکو”
  • Uzbek: “Meksika qoʻltigʻi”
  • Venetian: “Golfo del Mèsego”
  • Venetian: “Golfo del Mèsico”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Mễ Tây Cơ”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Mexico”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh México”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh México”
  • Vlaams: “Golve van Mexico”
  • Walloon: “Gofe do Mecsike”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golpo han Mehiko”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Mecsico”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Mexico”
  • Western Armenian: “Մեքսիքայի ծոց”
  • Western Armenian: “Մեքսիքայի Ծոց”
  • Western Frisian: “Golf fan Meksiko”
  • Western Panjabi: “خلیج میکسیکو”
  • Wu Chinese: “墨西哥湾”
  • Yiddish: “איינגאס פון מעקסיקע”
  • Yue Chinese: “墨西哥灣”
  • “Āyōllohco Mēxihco”
  • “Gōlf dal Mèsic”
  • “Mexihko Ayollohko”
  • “Mexko Ayollohko”
  • “telo Juwese”
  • “telo Mekiko”
  • “telo Mesiko”
  • “telo Mewika”
  • “telo suli Juwese”
  • “telo suli Mekiko”
  • “telo suli Mesiko”
  • “telo suli Mewika”

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