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 lock
ed world.
It is chaired by Jérôme Bignon
, French specialist member of the coast.
Berries member must meet certain criteria such as:
Trademark
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), founded in Berlin on 10 March 1997, consisting of structures, each representing a community with a frontage marine bay exceptional lock
Lock (water transport)
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ed world.
It is chaired by Jérôme Bignon
Jérôme Bignon (politician)
Jean Michel is a French politician, a member of the National Assembly. He represents the Somme department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.-References:...
, French specialist member of the coast.
Berries member must meet certain criteria such as:
- Subject to safeguards;
- Have a wildlifeFaunaFauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...
and a floraFloraFlora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...
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.
France
- Baie de Somme
- Bay of Mont-Saint-MichelMont Saint-MichelMont Saint-Michel is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches...
- Gulf of Morbihan Quiberon Bay(Valves)
- Golfe de Porto (Corse-du-Sud, CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
)
Alumni
Bays that participated in the constituent assembly but did not appear in the list of club members:- Baie d 'AgadirAgadirAgadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region .-Etymology:...
, Morocco - Georgian BayGeorgian BayGeorgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, located entirely within Ontario, Canada...
(VancouverVancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada) - Bay of Antalya (KemerKemerKemer is a seaside resort and district of Antalya Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, west of the city of Antalya.Kemer is on the Gulf of Antalya, of sea coast with the skirts of the western Taurus mountains behind. The coast has the typical Mediterranean hot, dry weather and warm sea...
, Turkey) - Bay SaldanhaSaldanha BaySaldanha Bay is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa, north west of Cape Town. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of...
(South Africa) - Lagoon of Venice, (Venice, Italy)
- Taytay Bay (PalawanPalawanPalawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region or Region 4. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
) - InvernessInvernessInverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
(ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
) - Baie d'Oro (Ile des Pins, New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) - Bay of PariaMapire Peninsula de Paria- Mapire quick facts:*Population: 120 inhabitants.*Demonym: Maripero..*Currency: Bolívar fuerte *Economy : Fishing and Tourism.*Time zone: *Calling code: 0294.*zip code: 6150.*Coordinates:10° 38' 26" North, 62° 8' 58" West...
, VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
) - Bay of Finland (St Petersburg, Russia)
- Bay Corcovado (Puerto Montt, Chile)
- Cape CodCape CodCape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
(HyannisHyannis, MassachusettsHyannis is the largest of seven villages in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape"...
, United States) - SantoriniSantoriniSantorini , officially Thira , is an island located in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera...
(GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
) - PatmosPatmosPatmos is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex, it has a population of 2,984 and an area of . The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 meters above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi ,...
, (GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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