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Bays and gulfs of Asia

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Subic Bay

Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines: deep-water harbor and former largest US overseas naval base, converted by RA 7227 into the 670 km² Subic Bay Freeport Zone run by the SBMA, now a trade, shipbuilding, and logistics hub.

Suvla

Suvla, also known as Suvla Bay, is a bay on the western coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, site of the failed British landing of August 1915.

Tayabas Bay

Tayabas Bay, a 2,213 km² bay in southern Luzon, Philippines, bounded by Quezon and the Bondoc Peninsula and opening to Marinduque and the Sibuyan Sea; a major CALABARZON fishing ground with the Dalahican port at Lucena City.

Tokyo Bay (東京湾)

Tokyo Bay (東京湾), semi-enclosed drowned river-valley estuary between Boso and Miura peninsulas; 1,380 km², 62.1 km³, ~30 million catchment population; six major ports, Keihin/Keiyo industry, eutrophication history, and post-2023 storm-surge planning.

Uchiura Bay

Uchiura Bay (内浦湾), also Funka Bay or Volcano Bay, is a roughly circular bay about 50 km across on Hokkaido's Oshima Peninsula, named in 1796 by Captain Broughton; fisheries, scallop aquaculture, and volcanic hazards define it.

Uda Gulf

Uda Gulf (Удская губа, Udskaya Bay), a bay in the western Sea of Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; about 100 km long, 36 m deep, macrotidal (tides to 9.7 m), receiving the Uda River, ice-bound October to June, with Shantar Islands at its entrance.

Victoria Harbour (维多利亚港)

Victoria Harbour (维多利亚港) is the sheltered deep-water harbour between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Key facts: 180 years of reclamation creating 7,051 hectares, 1997 Protection of the Harbour Ordinance, 2004 court test, world-busiest port in 1994.