Bay of Txingudi

Bay of Txingudi
  • Txingudiko badia (in Basque)
  • Baie de Chingoudy (in French)
  • Bahía de Chingudi (in Spanish)
Bay of Txingudi is located in Pyrenees
Bay of Txingudi
Bay of Txingudi
Coordinates43°21′54″N 1°46′37″W / 43.365°N 1.777°W / 43.365; -1.777
Typebay
Part ofestuary of the Bidasoa
Primary inflowsBidasoa
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic
Basin countries
  • France
  • Spain
Official nameTxingudi
Designated24 October 2002
Reference no.1264[1]

The Bay of Txingudi (Basque: Txingudiko badia, French: Baie de Chingoudy, Spanish: Bahía de Chingudi) is a bay in the right or French bank of the estuary of the Bidasoa river, near Hendaye in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in south-west France. It faces the town of Hondarribia and the airport of San Sebastián in the Gipuzkoa province of the Basque Country, in north-eastern Spain. The border between the two countries passes through the Bidasoa estuary. It is an important area for bird-watching.[2]

The name may, by extension, be applied to the whole body of water between the French and Spanish sides.[3] The coastal marshes on the Spanish side have been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2002.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Txingudi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ José Antonio Montero, Eduardo de Juana Aranzana, Fernando Barrio (2006). Where to watch birds in Spain: the 100 best sites. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553040.
  3. ^ Txingudi (in Spanish). Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. Accessed July 2014.