Bay of Biscay

Japanese: ビスケー湾 - ビスケーわん(英語表記)Bay of Biscay
Bay of Biscay
A bay surrounded by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain. In Spain it is called the Vizcaya Bay, and in France it is called the Gascogne Bay. From Ouessant Island at the tip of the Brittany Peninsula (→ Brittany) to Cape Ortegal at the northwestern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, it is about 500 km east-west and north-south. The north coast (southern Brittany) and south coast (Spain side) are rocky coasts with steep indentations. The east coast is sandy and relatively smooth, and the port cities of Nantes and Bordeaux developed on the estuaries of the Loire and Garonne rivers. It is famous for sudden violent storms caused by northwesterly winds and a tidal range of up to about 12 meters.

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Japanese:
フランス西岸とスペイン北岸に囲まれた湾。スペインではビスカヤ湾 Golfo de Vizcaya,フランスではガスコーニュ湾 Golfe de Gascogne。ブルターニュ半島(→ブルターニュ)突端のウェッサン島からイベリア半島北西端のオルテガル岬まで,東-西,南-北とも約 500km。北岸(ブルターニュ半島南部)と南岸(スペイン側)は岩石海岸で入り込みが激しい。東岸は砂質海岸で比較的平滑であり,ロアール川やガロンヌ川の河口三角江(エスチュアリー)にナントやボルドーの港町が発達。北西風による突然の激しい嵐と,最大 12mぐらいの潮差があることで有名。

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