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[[File:Brisset C (12).jpg|thumb|right|350px|Saint Vincent Bay]]
'''Saint Vincent Bay''' or '''Baie Saint Vincent''' is a bay in southwestern [[New Caledonia]].<ref name="readersnatural">{{Cite book|title=Natural Wonders of the World|publisher=Reader's Digest Association, Inc|year=1980|isbn=0-89577-087-3|editor-last=Scheffel|editor-first=Richard L.|location=United States of America|pages=332|quote=|editor-last2=Wernet|editor-first2=Susan J.|via=}}</ref> It is lies north of [[Inaccessible Bay]]. It contains [[Parseval Island]] and several others. The [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[Bouloupais]] lies on this stretch of the coast. The [[Ouenghi River]] also enters the sea at Saint Vincent Bay.


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{{coord|21|56|26|S|166|3|40|E|type:landmark|display=title}}Saint Vincent Bay ranges from {{Cvt|5-15|m||0}} deep. The bay's floor is carved with [[Submarine canyon|submarine canyons]] from the most recent [[Ice age|Ice Age]], suggesting that the bay was exposed to the surface at that time.<ref name="readersnatural" />
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'''Saint Vincent Bay''' or '''Baie Saint Vincent''' is a bay in southwestern [[New Caledonia]].<ref name="readersnatural">{{Cite book|title=Natural Wonders of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/naturalwondersof00sche|url-access=registration|publisher=Reader's Digest Association, Inc|year=1980|isbn=0-89577-087-3|editor-last=Scheffel|editor-first=Richard L.|location=United States of America|pages=[https://archive.org/details/naturalwondersof00sche/page/332 332]|editor-last2=Wernet|editor-first2=Susan J.}}</ref> It is lies north of [[Inaccessible Bay]]. It contains [[Parseval Island]] and several others. The [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[Bouloupais]] lies on this stretch of the coast. The [[Ouenghi River]] also enters the sea at Saint Vincent Bay.

Saint Vincent Bay ranges from {{Cvt|5-15|m||0}} deep. The bay's floor is carved with [[Submarine canyon|submarine canyons]] from the most recent [[Ice age|Ice Age]], suggesting that the bay was exposed to the surface at that time.<ref name="readersnatural" />

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Latest revision as of 20:10, 22 October 2022

Saint Vincent Bay
Baie Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent Bay
Saint Vincent Bay
Saint Vincent Bay is located in New Caledonia
Saint Vincent Bay
Saint Vincent Bay
Coordinates: 21°56′26″S 166°3′40″E / 21.94056°S 166.06111°E / -21.94056; 166.06111
LocationNew Caledonia

Saint Vincent Bay or Baie Saint Vincent is a bay in southwestern New Caledonia.[1] It is lies north of Inaccessible Bay. It contains Parseval Island and several others. The commune of Bouloupais lies on this stretch of the coast. The Ouenghi River also enters the sea at Saint Vincent Bay.

Saint Vincent Bay ranges from 5–15 m (16–49 ft) deep. The bay's floor is carved with submarine canyons from the most recent Ice Age, suggesting that the bay was exposed to the surface at that time.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 332. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.