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The Gulf of Paria (Golfo de Paria in http://www.answers.com/topic/spanish-language) is a 7800 http://www.answers.com/topic/kilometre-wordnet2 (3000 http://www.answers.com/topic/mile) shallow inland sea between the island of http://www.answers.com/topic/trinidad (Republic of http://www.answers.com/topic/trinidad-and-tobago) and the east coast of http://www.answers.com/topic/Venezuela. This sheltered body of water is considered to be one of the best natural harbours on the http://www.answers.com/topic/atlantic-ocean coast of the http://www.answers.com/topic/the-americas. It was originally named Golfo de la Ballena (the Gulf of the Whale) by http://www.answers.com/topic/christopher-columbus, but the 19th Century http://www.answers.com/topic/whaling industry eliminated whales from the area and populations have never recovered. The Gulf of Paria is connected to the http://www.answers.com/topic/caribbean-sea to the north through the http://www.answers.com/topic/bocas-del-drag-n (or Dragons' Mouth) between the http://www.answers.com/topic/paria-peninsula of Venezuela and the Chaguaramas Peninsula, and to the http://www.answers.com/topic/columbus-channel to the south through the http://www.answers.com/topic/boca-del-serpiente (Serpent's Mouth) between the http://www.answers.com/topic/cedros-trinidad-and-tobago Peninsula and the http://www.answers.com/topic/orinoco Delta. Please see related link:
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