Babbacombe Bay

Babbacombe Bay

Babbacombe Bay is a shallow, wide, north-south indentation into the south coast ["Road Atlas of Great Britain", Eleventh Edition, Map 3] of Devon, ["Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary", Third Edition, p. 1,223] England, in the United Kingdom, opening eastward into the English Channel ["Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary", Third Edition, p. 1,223] and about four to five statute miles (6.5 to 8 km) across its mouth. It is bounded by Hope's Nose and Torquay to the south and roughly the River Teign and Teignmouth to the north. ["Road Atlas of Great Britain", Eleventh Edition, Map 3]

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* "Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary", Third Edition. Springfield, Massachuetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0877795460.
* "Road Atlas of Great Britain", Eleventh Edition. Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: The Automobile Association, 1991.


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