Maputo Bay

Maputo Bay
'Baía de Maputo (Portuguese)
Maputo Bay from space, January 1990
Maputo Bay is located in Mozambique
Maputo Bay
Maputo Bay
Location in Mozambique
Coordinates25°59′S 32°42′E / 25.983°S 32.700°E / -25.983; 32.700
Ocean/sea sourcesIndian Ocean
Basin countriesMozambique
Max. length24 km (15 mi)
Max. width36 km (22 mi)
SettlementsMaputo

Maputo Bay (Portuguese: Baía de Maputo), formerly also known as Delagoa Bay from Baía da Lagoa in Portuguese, is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Mozambique, between 25° 40' and 26° 20' S, with a length from north to south of over 90 km long and 32 km wide.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Baía de Maputo". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. ^ Maputo and Delagoa Bay Archived 2008-01-26 at the Wayback Machine