Cintra Bay
| Golfe/Golfo/Angra/Baia
de Cintra |
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| Bay | |
| Country | Western Sahara |
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| Coordinates | 22°57′07″N 16°12′56″W / 22.951944°N 16.215556°WCoordinates: 22°57′07″N 16°12′56″W / 22.951944°N 16.215556°W |
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Cintra
Cintra Bay or the Gulf of Cintra is a large, half-moon shapedbay on the coast of Río de Oro province, Western Sahara. It is located about 120 km (75 mi) south of Dakhla region and its coastline is scarcely populated and thus keeping wild environment on today.
The area was originally called "St. Cyprian’s Bay" but was renamed after the incident of Gonçalo de Sintra, hence the bay's center point was named the same as his name.
in 1958 was named after Cintra Bay and this agreement led to ending the War of Ifni.
The bay is open, and is very shallow in general (the average depth of central part is 10 meters), and lining 29 nautical miles between Punta del Pescador and the Lagouira bay. About 24 km (15 mi) or more in diameter, lining from the northern cape Puntilla de las Raimas near Via Candelaria and Hassi Amatai south to the Puntila Negra or Punta Negra near Las Talaitas. Its width is about 12 km (7.5 mi) or more from the deepest point of the bay is at Hasi el Beied, locating on near middle of Cintra Bay. Gulf waters are consisted of inner Angra de Citra and outer areas of Bajo El Tortugo, Bajo Ahogado, and Bajo del Medio Golfo. Waters on pelagic out of Cintra Bay is called Bajo Arcila. Cliffs, dunes, beaches, and lagoons are the majorities of coastal landscapes. A large lagoon, Bajo Tortugo ("Bay of the Little Tortoise") is in northern side and there is an area named Las Matorrales in southern part. Several hills that some of which are with flattened top or peaks can be seen along the region.
Cintra bay has two peninsulas at the each end; Punta de las Raimas in north is 2 mi (3.2 km) in length and is sandy in major and has sandy rocks and a reef at the tip, while a sandy hill can be found on the Punta Negra and which reefs extending about 2 mi (3.2 km) surround it.
The shoal off southwest of Cintra Bay is called . Other notable locations vicinity to Cintra Bay are Itmlily between Dakhla and Cintra Bay, and Amseisat Saccum and Imlili further east to inner desert from Cintra Bay.
Across the opposite side of Las Taraitas and Morro de Gorrei, there lies the Bay of Gorrei or the Bahia de Gorrei, a very similar-shaped but smaller than Cintra Bay. Interestingly, there are several other bays or inlets of shapes almost identical to Cintra or Gorrei Bays along Rio de Oro region.
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