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]
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  Bay of Txingudi | |
| Coordinates | 43°21′54″N 1°46′37″W / 43.365°N 1.777°W |
| Type | bay |
| Part of | estuary of the Bidasoa |
| Primary inflows | Bidasoa |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic |
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| Official name | Txingudi |
| Designated | 24 October 2002 |
| Reference no. | 1264[1] |
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
edit- ^ a b "Txingudi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Txingudi (in Spanish). Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. Accessed July 2014.