Gulf of Cádiz

Lighthouse of Mazagon

The Gulf of Cadiz is a bay of the Atlantic, extends from the Andalusian port city of Cádiz in a northwesterly direction to Cabo de Santa Maria, the southernmost point of Ilha da Barretta, which belongs to the Portuguese city of Faro. It is mainly the coastline before withdrawing to the east valley of the Guadalquivir.

Two major streams of the Iberian peninsula opening into the Gulf of Cádiz: from the north of the Guadiana ( largely border between Spain and Portugal) and the Guadalquivir. In between lead in Huelva the smaller rivers Odiel and Río Tinto, also from north of the Sierra de Aracena, down flowing.

At the port cities on the Gulf include not only the provincial capital Cádiz Puerto Real, is broken from where Christopher Columbus on his voyages of discovery El Puerto de Santa María, further Rota, Chipiona, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, San Fernando, Huelva, Punta Umbria and Isla Cristina on Spanish and Vila Real de Santo António, Tavira and Olhão on Portuguese side ( east to west ).

The wide sandy beaches of the Spanish section of coast between Cadiz and Gibraltar are called Costa de la Luz. The Bay of Cádiz on the land side of Cádiz is a part of the Gulf of Cádiz. In the west, joins with and around Faro to the Algarve.

In the Gulf of Cadiz are several submarine mud volcanoes, including Al Idrisi.

• Bay (Atlantic Ocean )
• Bay in Europe
• Bay in Spain
• Bay in Portugal
• Geography (Andalusia )