Bay:
This article is about the geographical feature. For the color of horse hair, see Bay (horse). A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. It also usually has calm waters.
A large bay may be called a gulf, cove, sound or bight. A narrow bay may also be called a fjord if its sides are relatively steep. Any bay may contain fish and other sea creatures or be adjacent to other bays (for example, James Bay is adjacent to Hudson Bay).
Bays are formed as soft rock or clay are eroded by waves. Any hard rock is eroded less quickly, leaving headlands.
A couple of non-gulfs (actually straits) are:
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