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The Bay of Biscay ((スペイン語:Golfo de Vizcaya), (フランス語:Golfe de Gascogne)) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal. The average depth is and the greatest depth is .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/150448/ )〕 ==Name== The Bay of Biscay is named (for English speakers) after Biscay on the northern Spanish coast, probably standing for the western Basque districts (''Biscay'' up to the early 19th century). Its name in other languages is: * (バスク語:Bizkaiko golkoa) * for the ocean area closer to the Spanish coast, the "Cantabrian Sea" * (フランス語:Golfe de Gascogne) (named after Gascony, France) * (ブルトン語:Pleg-mor Gwaskogn) * Gascon: ''Golf de Gasconha'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bay of Biscay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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