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    The Bay of Biscay (/ˈbɪskeɪ, ˈbɪski/ BISK-ay, BISK-ee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western...
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    historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest...
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    The Battle of the Bay of Biscay, or Operation Bernau, was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic...
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    On the Bay of Biscay is a World War I-era song published in either 1918 or 1919; sources differ on the year. Lyrics and music were written by Harold Robe...
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    Bilbao (redirect from Bilbao, Biscay)
    north-central part of Spain, some 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of the Bay of Biscay, where the economic social development is located, where the estuary of Bilbao...
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  • Adriatic Sea Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bay of Biscay Black Sea Azov Sea Caspian Sea Celtic Sea Greenland Sea Baffin Bay Gulf of Cadiz Ligurian Sea Mediterranean...
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    runners from reaching port through the bay. One such mission resulted in the Battle of the Bay of Biscay at the end of the year, in which Z23 played a minor...
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    discharge of the river to maintain it out to deep water. The channel, also, beyond the outlet of the river Nervion into the Bay of Biscay has been regulated...
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    Flores Sea – 240,000 km2 Gulf of St. Lawrence – 226,000 km2 Bay of Biscay – 223,000 km2 Aegean Sea – 214,000 km2 Gulf of Anadyr – 200,000 km2 Molucca Sea...
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  • Bay of Biscay is a term used in South Australia for a dark clay soil of a highly reactive nature, forming a sticky mass when wet and shrinking during...
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