Port-au-Prince Bay
{{Short description|Bay in Haiti}}
{{Infobox body of water
|name = Port-au-Prince Bay
|native_name ={{native name|fr|Baie de Port-au-Prince}}
|image = ISS025-E-15812 - View of Haiti.jpg
|caption = Satellite image of Port-au-Prince Bay
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|location = Gulf of Gonâve
|coords = {{Coord|18|37|03|N|72|27|03|W|type:waterbody_region:AR_dim:400km_source:GNS|display=inline,title|name=Blanca Bay}}
|rivers = {{hlist|Grise River|Bâtarde River|Froide River|Momance River}}
|oceans =
|countries = Haiti
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|settlements = Port-au-Prince
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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{{cite web|archivedate=3 March 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213145/http://www.apn.gouv.ht/apn5/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46|publisher=Autorité Portuaire Nationale|title=Le Port international de Port-au-Prince|url=http://www.apn.gouv.ht/apn5/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46}} and is about {{cvt|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide and about {{cvt|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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.{{cite news
| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/world/americas/14cutter.html?hp
| title =Devastation, Seen From a Ship
| date =January 13, 2010
| author =Eric Lipton
| work =The New York Times
| access-date =January 15, 2010}}
References
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