- For other meanings of bight, see Bight.
In geography, bight has two meanings. Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena
A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water.
Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly receding) bay. Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment It is distinguished from a sound by being shallower. In Geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean Inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, wider than a Fjord Traditionally explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack.
Prominent bights
The Great Australian Bight is a large bight, or open bay located off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia. The Bight of Benin is a bight (a type of bay on the western African coast that extends eastward for about 400 miles (640 km from Cape St The Bight of Bonny (also known as the Bight of Biafra) is a bight off the West African coast in the easternmost part (beyond the Bight of Benin to the West German Bight (Deutsche Bucht Tyske Bugt Duitse Bocht Dútske bocht is the south-eastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany The Heligoland Bight (also known as Helgoland Bight) is the southern part of the German Bight, itself a bay of the North Sea, The Bay of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburger Bucht or Mecklenburgische Bucht; Mecklenburg Bugt also known as the Mecklenburg The New York Bight is a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of North America in the northeastern United States. The North Taranaki Bight is the name given to the large bay which extends north and east from the north coast of Taranaki in New Zealand 's North Island The South Taranaki Bight is the name given to the large bay which extends south and east from the south coast of Taranaki in New Zealand 's North Island The Southern California Bight includes coastal southern California the Channel Islands and part of the Pacific Ocean. McKenize Bight is a feature of the Saanich Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. Trinity Bight is a large area of the Northwestern portion of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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