- Club of the Most Beautiful Bays of the World
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The Club of the Most Beautiful Bays of the World (world-bays) is an international association (and trademark), founded in Berlin on 10 March 1997, consisting of structures, each representing a community with a frontage marine bay exceptional locked world.
It is chaired by Jérôme Bignon, French specialist member of the coast.
Berries member must meet certain criteria such as:
- Subject to safeguards;
- Have a wildlife and a flora interesting;
- Have outstanding natural and attractive;
- Be known and appreciated at the local and national levels;
- Be emblematic for the local population;
- Have some economic potential.
- The bay must possess at least two features recognised by UNESCO in the cultural or natural assets categories.
Contents
List of bays
Americas
Argentina
- Peninsula Valdés
Brazil
- Bay of Praia da Rosa
- Bay of Todos os Santos
Canada
- Chaleur Bay
- Bay Tadoussac
Chile
- Punta Arenas - Straits of Magellan
Colombia
- Cartagena de Indias
Dominican Republic
- Bahia de las Aguilas
United States
France - Guadeloupe
- Bay of Îles des Saintes
Mexico
- Bay of Banderas (Puerto Vallarta)
Europe
Spain
France
- Baie de Somme
- Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel
- Gulf of Morbihan Quiberon Bay(Valves)
- Golfe de Porto (Corse-du-Sud, Corsica)
Ireland
Montenegro
Norway
Portugal
- Bay Setúbal
United Kingdom
- St. Ives Bay and Mount's Bay
Sweden
- Bay Stockholm
Turkey
- Bay Bodrum
Asia
China
- Bay Qingdao
India
Philippines
- Bay of Puerto Galera
Vietnam
- Halong Bay
- Bay Nha Trang
- Bay Lang Co (Thua Thien-Hue Province)
Africa
South Africa
- Table Bay and False Bay
Cape Verde
- Bay Mindelo
Madagascar
- Bay of Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
Morocco
- Baie d 'Agadir-Taghazout
Senegal
- Bay of Sine Saloum
Alumni
Bays that participated in the constituent assembly but did not appear in the list of club members:
- Baie d 'Agadir, Morocco
- Georgian Bay (Vancouver, Canada)
- Bay of Antalya (Kemer, Turkey)
- Bay Saldanha (South Africa)
- Lagoon of Venice, (Venice, Italy)
- Taytay Bay (Palawan, Philippines)
- Inverness (Scotland)
- Baie d'Oro (Ile des Pins, New Caledonia)
- Bay of Paria, Venezuela)
- Bay of Finland (St Petersburg, Russia)
- Bay Corcovado (Puerto Montt, Chile)
- Cape Cod (Hyannis, United States)
- Santorini (Greece)
- Patmos, (Greece)
References
Categories:- Tourism
- Bays
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