Club of the Most Beautiful Bays of the World

The Club of the Most Beautiful Bays of the World (world-bays) is an international association (and trademark), founded in Berlin on 10 March 1997, consisting of structures, each representing a community with a frontage marine bay exceptional locked world.
It is chaired by Jérôme Bignon, French specialist member of the coast.
Berries member must meet certain criteria such as:
* Subject to safeguards;
* Have a wildlife and a flora interesting;
* Have outstanding natural and attractive;
* Be known and appreciated at the local and national levels;
* Be emblematic for the local population;
* Have some economic potential.
* The bay must possess at least two features recognised by UNESCO in the cultural or natural assets categories.
List of bays
Americas
Argentina
* Peninsula Valdés
Brazil
* Bay of Praia da Rosa
* Bay of Todos os Santos
Canada
* Chaleur Bay
* Bay Tadoussac
Chile
* Punta Arenas - Straits of Magellan
Colombia
* Cartagena de Indias
Dominican Republic
* Bahia de las Aguilas
United States
* San Francisco Bay
France - Guadeloupe
* Bay of Îles des Saintes
Mexico
* Bay of Banderas (Puerto Vallarta)
Europe
Spain
*Bay of Santander
France
* Baie de Somme
* Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel
* Gulf of Morbihan Quiberon Bay(Valves)
* Golfe de Porto (Corse-du-Sud, Corsica)
Ireland
* Bantry Bay
Montenegro
* Bay of Kotor
Norway
* Geiranger Fjord
Portugal
* Bay Setúbal
United Kingdom
* St. Ives Bay and Mount's Bay
Sweden
* Bay Stockholm
Turkey
* Bay Bodrum
Asia
Cambodia
* Bay of Kampongsom
China
* Bay Qingdao
India
* Backwaters of Kerala (Cochin)
Philippines
* Bay of Puerto Galera
Vietnam
* Halong Bay
* Bay Nha Trang
* Bay Lang Co (Thua Thien-Hue Province)
Africa
South Africa
* Table Bay and False Bay
Cape Verde
* Bay Mindelo
Madagascar
* Bay of Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
Morocco
* Baie d 'Agadir-Taghazout
Senegal
* Bay of Sine Saloum
Alumni
Bays that participated in the constituent assembly but did not appear in the list of club members:
* Baie d 'Agadir, Morocco
* Georgian Bay (Vancouver, Canada)
* Bay of Antalya (Kemer, Turkey)
* Bay Saldanha (South Africa)
* Lagoon of Venice, (Venice, Italy)
* Taytay Bay (Palawan, Philippines)
* Inverness (Scotland)
* Baie d'Oro (Ile des Pins, New Caledonia)
* Bay of Paria, Venezuela)
* Bay of Finland (St Petersburg, Russia)
* Bay Corcovado (Puerto Montt, Chile)
* Cape Cod (Hyannis, United States)
* Santorini (Greece)
* Patmos, (Greece)

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