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
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Great Australian Bight
*Bight of Benin
*Bight of Bonny or Bight of Biafra
*German Bight orHeligoland 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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