Albay Gulf

The Gulf of Albay is a large bay in the southeast of the island of Luzon, Philippines. She is a Meeresausbuchtung in the southwestern Philippine Sea and stretches along the east coast of the Bicol Peninsula. It is separated by the Rapu - Rapu Island, Batan, Cagraray Iceland from the Gulf of Lagonoy in the north. The Gulf covers an area of ​​747.50 km ² and has the shape of a boot. The flood reached a height in the Gulf between 0.7 to 1.2 meters, they can be extensive marshlands and mudflats at low tide occur. The coastline of the Gulf of Albay is characterized by a mixture of mangrove forests, rocky shores and sandy beaches.

The Gulf of Albay is considered to be a fruitful fishing area on the east coast of the Philippines, but which is threatened by dams and overflow of Tailingsees the gold mine on Rapu Rapu - Iceland. Upstream of the coastline are numerous smaller coral reefs and seagrass meadows to the surrounding communities have established partly marine protected areas.

On the west coast of the Gulf is the Component City and Legazpi on the south coast of Sorsogon City, both have large ports and are the capitals of the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon. In the western hinterland of the majestic Mayon Volcano and rises in the southwestern hinterland of the Pocdolberge.