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| Simplified Chinese | 胶州湾 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 膠州灣 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Kiaochow Bay Kiautschou Bay (1898–1922) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| German | Kiautschou Bucht | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jiaozhou Bay (German: Kiautschou Bucht; simplified Chinese: 胶州湾; traditional Chinese: 膠州灣; pinyin: Jiāozhōu Wān, 36°7′24.44″N 120°14′44.3″E / 36.1234556°N 120.245639°E) is a bay located in the prefecture-level city of Qingdao (Tsingtau), Shandong Province, China.
The bay has historically been romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and Kiautschou in German.