Port-au-Prince Bay

Port-au-Prince Bay
Port-au-Prince Bay
Baie de Port-au-Prince (French)
	Port-au-Prince Bay
Location	Gulf of Gonâve
Coordinates	18°37′03″N 72°27′03″W / 18.61750°N 72.45083°W
River sources	Grise River; Bâtarde River; Froide River; Momance River;
Basin countries	Haiti
Settlements	Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince Bay is a bay located in the Gulf of Gonâve in Haiti, at the bottom of which lies the vast plain of the Cul-de-Sac and the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, alongside its metropolitan area. It is connected to the gulf via two inlets located on either side of the island of Gonâve: the Canal de Saint-Marc to the north of it and the Canal de la Gonâve to the south.

Geography

Port-au-Prince Bay extends from the Pointe de Trou Forban in the northwest to the Pointe de Cà-lra in the southwest^[1] and is about 40 km (25 mi) wide and about 50 km (31 mi) long.

The Grise, Bâtarde, Froide, and Momance Rivers as well as the Boucanbrou Canal flow into Port-au-Prince Bay.

History

On 13 January 2010, in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Forward arrived and began running air-traffic control from Port-au-Prince Bay.^[2]

References

↑ "Le Port international de Port-au-Prince". Autorité Portuaire Nationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
↑ Eric Lipton (January 13, 2010). "Devastation, Seen From a Ship". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2010.

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[1] "Le Port international de Port-au-Prince". Autorité Portuaire Nationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

[nytimes-forward-2] Eric Lipton (January 13, 2010). "Devastation, Seen From a Ship". The New York Times. Retrieved January 15, 2010.

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