Timbalier Bay is a
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
in southeastern
Louisiana in the United States.
The bay is an
inlet
An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In marine geogra ...
of the
Gulf of Mexico and lies near
New Orleans along the southwestern coast of
Lafouche Parish.
Timbalier Island lies between Barataria Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
[''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition'', p. 1184]
The United States Navy
seaplane tender
A seaplane tender is a boat or ship that supports the operation of seaplanes. Some of these vessels, known as seaplane carriers, could not only carry seaplanes but also provided all the facilities needed for their operation; these ships are rega ...
, in commission from 1946 to 1954, was named for Timbalier Bay.
Notes
References
* (ship namesake paragraph)
*''Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition''. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. .
Bays of Louisiana
Bodies of water of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Bodies of water of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
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