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In geography, bight has two meanings.
A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water.
Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly receding) bay. It is distinguished from a sound by being shallower. Traditionally explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack.
Prominent bights
- Great Australian Bight
- Bight of Benin
- Bight of Bonny or Bight of Biafra
- German Bight or Heligoland Bight
- Mecklenburg Bight (also called Mecklenburg Bay)
- New York Bight
- North Taranaki Bight
- South Taranaki Bight
- Southern California Bight
- McKenzie Bight
- Trinity Bight
- Robson Bight
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