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The Bay of Biscay (/ ˈ b ɪ s k eɪ,-k i / BISS-kay, -kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward to Cape Ortegal .
The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. [1] The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay.
Biscay is bordered by the community of Cantabria and the province of Burgos (in the Castile and León community) to the west, the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa to the east, and Álava to the south, and by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay) to the north. Orduña (Urduña) is a Biscayan exclave located between Alava and Burgos provinces.
Tributes have been paid to a “loving and charismatic” sailor who vanished in the Bay of Biscay during a fierce storm. Charles Todd, 73, ... People. Man declines free $11K Super Bowl ticket to ...
Gaztelugatxe. Gaztelugatxe is an islet on the coast of the Bay of Biscay belonging to the Biscayan municipality of Bermeo, in the Basque Autonomous Community.It is connected to the mainland by a man-made bridge.
Carol Lake feared for worst when Spirit of Discovery ship was hit by storm in Bay of Biscay Terrified cruise passenger feared she would die in ‘horror’ storm – so she turned on Strictly Skip ...
Thomas Raymond Kelly, GC (19 March 1928 – 18 March 1947) was a Northern Irish sailor in the British Merchant Navy who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the courage he displayed in the Bay of Biscay, when he lost his own life saving people from drowning during a storm.
Biarritz (UK: / b ɪəˈr ɪ t s, ˈ b ɪər ɪ t s / beer-ITS, BEER-its, [3] [4] US: / ˌ b iː ə ˈ r ɪ t s, ˈ b iː ə r ɪ t s / BEE-ə-RITS, -rits, [3] [5] French: ⓘ, Basque:; also spelled Miarritze [mi.arits̻e]; Occitan: Biàrritz) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. [6]