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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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The Gulf of Fonseca, located on the Pacific coast of Central America, is considered one of the smallest gulfs in the world. It is shared by El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

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