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{{Short description|Bay on the coast of Mauritania}}
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The '''Bay of Arguin''' ({{lang-langx|fr|Baie d'Arguin}}; {{langx|pt|Baía de Arguim}}) is a [[Headlands and bays|bay]] on the [[Atlantic]] shore of [[Mauritania]].<ref name="mapcarta">{{citeand web|url=http://mapcarta.com/17108536|title=Baiethe d'Arguin|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=14former Octobermouth 2016}}</ref>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&nbsp;km²<sup>2</sup> [[Banc d'Arguin National Park]] in which includes most of the bay. includes,The thepark's northern boundary is at Minou,; it does not include the Dakhlet Nouadhibou are, or the westernmost areas. Smaller bays includeswithin the Bay of Arguin include [[Dakhlet Nouadhibou]] in the north and Baie de [[Tanoudert]] in the east,. otherOther promontories includesinclude [[Pointe Minou|Minou]], Cap Sainte-Anne, Argun, [[Alzaz]], [[Tagarit]] and [[Tafarit]]. The OneOued [[Chibka]], a seasonal and occasional stream flowing only when the climate is partly wet, the [[Oued Chibka]] is in the northcentralnorth-central part.
 
PlacesInhabited places by the bay includesinclude [[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.
The bay would be first known in 1035 as [[Abdallah ibn Yasin]] founded a ribat (military refuge) in the island of [[Tidra]] and was the origin of the [[Almoravid Dynasty]]<ref>http://www.terremauritanie.com/noticias-todas-las-informaciones-historia-historia-de-la-mauritania-news-_23.html</ref>.▼
 
▲The bay would be first known inIn 1035 as, [[Abdallah ibn Yasin]] founded a ribat (military refuge) inon the island of [[Tidra]] and wasat the originbeginning 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 and the remainder of the bay would be explored.▼
 
▲The first European to visit the bay was [[Nuno Tristão]] in 1443, andafter which the remainder of the bay would bewas explored.
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>▼
 
▲The area is also known as the place where the French [[French frigate Méduse (1810)|French frigate ''Méduse'']] was famously 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 |access-date=2016-07-03 |archive-date=2016-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116173416/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11772 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==References==
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[[Category:Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region]]
 
 
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