Map of the Bay of Biscay.

ESA photo, phytoplankton bloom along the Bay of Biscay

The Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya, or more commonly Mar Cantábrico; French: Golfe de Gascogne; Basque: Bizkaiako Golkoa) is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain, and is named for the Spanish province of Vizcaya. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x913, 333 KB) This is a map showing the location of the Bay of Biscay in the North Atlantic Ocean bordered on France and Spain. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x913, 333 KB) This is a map showing the location of the Bay of Biscay in the North Atlantic Ocean bordered on France and Spain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (631x1713, 563 KB) Credit ESA as the source of the image. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (631x1713, 563 KB) Credit ESA as the source of the image. ... Capital Santander Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 15th  5 321 km²  1. ... Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced  ; Gascon: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area of southwest France that constituted a royal province prior to the French Revolution. ... Location within France Brest, at the tip of Brittany Brest (population of the city: 146,000 inhabitants as of 2004 estimates; population of the metropolitan area: 303,484 inhabitants as of 1999 census) is a city in the Bretagne région, north-west France, subprefecture of the Finistère d... Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ...

Parts of the continental shelf extend far into the bay and resulting in fairly shallow water in many areas which creates the rough seas the region is known for. Jump to: navigation, search The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent, which is covered during interglacial periods such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas (known as shelf seas) and gulfs. ...

The car ferries from Portsmouth to Bilbao and from Plymouth to Santander provide one of the most convenient ways to see cetaceans in European waters, and there are often specialist trips on board. The best areas are those over deep water once the continental shelf has been left behind. The three-day round trip also gives sightings of good numbers of several species of seabirds. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ... Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right Bilbao from satellite (NASA World Wind Landsat) Bilbao (Basque: Bilbo) in the North of Spain, is the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). ... Jump to: navigation, search Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Suborders Mysticeti Odontoceti (see text) The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. ... World map showing Europe (geographically) When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seabirds are birds that spend much of their lives, outside the breeding season at least, at sea. ...

The British Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur finished her first trip around the world here, and there is a famous song based on this. Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is a British sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. ...