Bight of Benin

The Bight of Benin, or Bay of Benin, is a bight in the Gulf of Guinea area on the western African coast.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay
  • Also known as: “Bay of Benin” and “Bight of Benin / Golfe du Bénin”

Bight of Benin

Latitude
5° north
Longitude
2.1° or 2° 6′ east
Open location code
6FQ4232X+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4805693466
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Wiki­data ID
Q47530
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bight of Benin” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bog van Benin”
  • Arabic: “خليج بنين”
  • Azerbaijani: “Benin körfəzi”
  • Basque: “Beningo golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Бенін”
  • Belarusian: “Бэнін (затока)”
  • Belarusian: “Бэнінская затока”
  • Belarusian: “Заліў Бенін”
  • Breton: “Bae Benin”
  • Catalan: “golf de Benín”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Benín”
  • Cebuano: “Bight of Benin”
  • Chinese: “貝寧灣”
  • Chinese: “贝宁湾”
  • Chuvash: “Бенин кӳлмекĕ”
  • Croatian: “Beninski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Beninský záliv”
  • Danish: “Beninbugten”
  • Dutch: “Baai van Benin”
  • Dutch: “Bocht van Benin”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Benin”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo de Benino”
  • Finnish: “Benininlahti”
  • French: “Baie du Bénin”
  • French: “Golfe de Bénin”
  • French: “golfe du Bénin”
  • French: “Golfe du Bénin”
  • Galician: “Golfo de Benín”
  • German: “Bai von Benin”
  • German: “Bucht von Benin”
  • Hausa: “Bight na Benin”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ בנין”
  • Hindi: “बेनिन की खाड़ी”
  • Icelandic: “Benínflói”
  • Inari Sami: “Beninluohtâ”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Benin”
  • Italian: “Golfo del Benin”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Benin”
  • Italian: “Insenatura di Benin”
  • Japanese: “ベナン湾”
  • Japanese: “ベニン湾”
  • Korean: “베냉만”
  • Lithuanian: “Benino įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Бенински Залив”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لخليج د بينين”
  • Northern Sami: “Beninluokta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beninbukta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beninbukten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beninbukta”
  • Norwegian: “Beninbukta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “golf de Benin”
  • Persian: “خلیج بنین”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Beninu”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Benim”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Benin”
  • Portuguese: “Baía do Benim”
  • Portuguese: “Baía do Benin”
  • Portuguese: “Enseada do Benim”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Benim”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Benin”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo do Benim”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo do Benin”
  • Russian: “Бенин (залив)”
  • Russian: “Бенин”
  • Russian: “Бенинский залив”
  • Russian: “Залив Бенин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Beninski zaljev”
  • Sindhi: “بينن جو خم”
  • Skolt Sami: “Beniinluhtt”
  • Slovak: “Beninský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Beninski zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de Benin”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de Benín”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Benín”
  • Spanish: “Ensenada de Benin”
  • Spanish: “Ensenada de Benín”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Benin”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Benín”
  • Swedish: “Beninbukten”
  • Swedish: “Beninkusten”
  • Swedish: “Bight of Benin”
  • Turkish: “Benin Körfezi”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Bini”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенін”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенінська затока”
  • Venetian: “Golfo de Benín”
  • Welsh: “Geneufor Benin”
  • Western Frisian: “Baai fan Benyn”
  • Wu Chinese: “貝寧灣”
  • Yoruba: “Bight ti Benin”
  • Yue Chinese: “貝寧灣”

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