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NameNearest Largest CityStateCountry
Apalachee Bay Tallahassee Florida USA 412 11,900 150 3.0 30 2,813 130
Apalachicola Bay Apalachicola Florida USA 554 53,100 824 3.0 22 2,396 36
Aransas Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 539 53,900 28 3.0 15 393 85
Atchafalaya and Vermilion Bays Port Barre Louisiana USA 1,821 260,600 6,337 2.0 1 1,870
Baffin Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 219 2.3 40 21
Bahía de Cabañas Havana Havana Cuba
Bahía de Cárdenas
Bahía de Cayo Largo La Fe Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía de la Habana Havana Havana Cuba
Bahía de Mariel Havana Havana Cuba
Bahía de Matanzas Santa Marta Matanzas Cuba
Bahía de Palencia La Fé Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía de Santa Lucia Minas de Matahambre Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía Guadiana Hato Guane Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía Honda Havana Pinar del Río Cuba
Barataria Bay New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,673 5,700 156 2.0 13
Brazos River Waco Texas USA 5 500 210 3.0 28 81
Breton and Chandeleur Sounds New Orleans Louisiana USA 5,403 6,500 292 3.0 27 57
Calcasieu Lake Lake Charles Louisiana USA 256 11,100 178 1.0 12 494
Caloosahatchee River Fort Myers Florida USA
Charlotte Harbor Fort Myers Florida USA 805 13,000 1 2.0 13 2,525 214
Choctawhatchee Bay Niceville Florida USA 334 14,000 241 5.0 25 1,133 12
Copano Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA
Corpus Christi Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 497 49,700 34 3.0 22 121 53
Crystal River and Tarpon Springs Tampa Florida USA
Espiritu Santo Bay Port O'Connor Texas Calhoun
Estero Bay Fort Myers Florida USA 759
Estero de Yucalpeten Merida Yucatan Mexico 32 - 48
Estuario Antigua Veracruz Veracruz Mexico
Estuario Casitas - Nautla Martinez de la Torre Veracruz Mexico
Estuario Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 3
Estuario Corbea Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba
Estuario de Sabancuy Ciudad del Carmen Campeche Mexico
Estuario El Prado Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba
Estuario Frontera Frontera Tabasco Mexico
Estuario Panuco Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico 107,200
Estuario Santa Teresa Bahía Honda Pinar del Río Cuba
Estuario Tecolutla Tecolutla Veracruz Mexico
Estuario Tonalá Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico
Florida Bay Key West Florida USA 1,393 2,800 2.0