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{{Short description|Bay on the coast of Mauritania}}
[[Image:Bancdarguin map lg.jpg|thumb|right|Map of the bay showing the Banc d'Arguin National Park]]▼
{{Infobox body of water
| name= Bay of Arguin
| native_name = {{native name list |tag1=fr|name1=Baie d'Arguin |tag2=pt|name2=Baía de Arguim}}
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| pushpin_map = Mauritania
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mauritania
| image_map=Bancdarguin map lg.jpg
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| rivers=
| oceans=[[Atlantic Ocean]]
| countries= [[Mauritania]]
| length ={{cvt|13|km}}
| width ={{cvt|20|km}}
| area=
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| islands=Île d’Arguin, Île de l'Ardent
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The '''Bay of Arguin''' ({{langx|fr|Baie d'Arguin}}; {{langx|pt|Baía de Arguim}}) is a bay on the [[Atlantic]] shore of [[Mauritania]] and the former mouth of the [[Tamanrasset River]], now a Paleo-river.
==Geography==
It is located south of [[Ras Nouadhibou|Cap Blanc]], north of [[Cap Timiris]].
The bay contains three islands, including [[Arguin]] and [[Tidra]], as well as numerous sandbanks. It is also the site of the 12,000 km<sup>2</sup> [[Banc d'Arguin National Park]] which includes most of the bay. The park's northern boundary is at Minou; it does not include the Dakhlet Nouadhibou, or the westernmost areas. Smaller bays within the Bay of Arguin include [[Dakhlet Nouadhibou]] in the north and Baie de [[Tanoudert]] in the east. Other promontories include [[Pointe Minou|Minou]], Cap Sainte-Anne, Argun, [[Alzaz]], [[Tagarit]] and [[Tafarit]]. The Oued [[Chibka]], a seasonal and occasional stream flowing only when the climate is partly wet, is in the north-central part.
The area is also known as the place where the French [[French frigate Méduse (1810)]] was wrecked in 1816.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11772|title=Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia.|last=Corréard|first=Alexandre|last2=Savigny|first2=Jean Baptiste Henri|date=2004-04-01|language=English}}</ref>▼
Inhabited places by the bay include [[Nouadhibou]] in the north, [[Arkeiss]] and [[Tel-Alloul]] to the east and [[Teichott]], [[R'Gueiba]] and [[Awguei]] to the south.
==History==
The bay is the possible location of Cerne, a Carthaginian outpost founded by [[Hanno the Navigator]] around 500 B.C.
In 1035, [[Abdallah ibn Yasin]] founded a ribat (military refuge) on the island of [[Tidra]] at the beginning of the [[Almoravid Dynasty]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terremauritanie.com/noticias-todas-las-informaciones-historia-historia-de-la-mauritania-news-_23.html |title=terremauritanie.com |access-date=2016-10-24 |archive-date=2016-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024090330/http://www.terremauritanie.com/noticias-todas-las-informaciones-historia-historia-de-la-mauritania-news-_23.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The first European to visit the bay was [[Nuno Tristão]] in 1443, after which the remainder of the bay was explored.
▲The area is also known as the place where the
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.esa.int/esaCP/ESA4VK8OS7D_index_1.html#subhead7 Satellite photographs of the bay] by the [[European Space Agency]]
{{List of African seas}}
[[Category:Bays of Mauritania]]
[[Category:Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region]]
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