Bight (geography)

Bight (geography)

In geography, "bight" has two meanings.

A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water.

Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly receding) bay. It is distinguished from a sound by being shallower. Traditionally explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack.

Prominent bights

* Great Australian Bight
* Bight of Benin
* Bight of Bonny or Bight of Biafra
* German Bight or Heligoland Bight
* Mecklenburg Bight (also called Mecklenburg Bay)
* Mid-Atlantic Bight
* New York Bight
* North Taranaki Bight
* South Taranaki Bight
* Southern California Bight
* McKenzie Bight
* Trinity Bight
* Robson Bight
* Portland Bight (Jamaica)


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