Matagorda Bay

The Matagorda Bay (German Matagorda Bay ) is a more than 40 km long and 40 km deep into the interior protruding, almost L-shaped, haffähnliche bay on the western Gulf Coast of Texas, protected by the offshore Matagorda Peninsula. Northeast closes, separated by a land bridge, the smaller East Matagorda Bay. Also, it is protected by a barrier spit. Both bays are part of the Inner Coastal Waterway ( intracoastal waterway ) that stretches from Houston to south to the Mexican border. The bay is famous for its fishing, water sports, nature parks. The name derives from the Spanish mata (German Busch) and gordo, -a ( dt thick, large) and means thick / large bush, which has a. Upon the original vegetation of giant bamboo ( Arundinaria gigantea Latin, English giant bamboo, canebrake ( dt cane thicket ), rivercane (Eng. flow tube ) ) applies.

In Matagorda Bay, the French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle in 1685 founded an unplanned settlement; while trying to evacuate the settlers, sank in 1686 the sailing ship La Belle front of the bay.

28.553055555556 - 96.319722222222Koordinaten: 28 ° 33 'N, 96 ° 19' W

• Bay in the United States
• Bay in North America
• Bay (Gulf of Mexico)
• Geography (Texas )