Bombay Harbour (Front Bay)

India / Maharashtra / Mumbai /
 water, bay, invisible, harbour
Front Bay (in contrast to BackBay which is on the other side), also called Bombay Harbor. The water body which gave the city its name. The Portuguese, after driving the Arab forces out, named the large anchorage or sea-roads off the eastern end of the former Bombay Island as Bom Bahia or Good Bay, and this name was then applied to the island also. This name was then anglicized to Bombay.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Bay
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Coordinates:   18°55'8"N   72°50'5"E

Comments

  • rajnish_visited
  • Beautiful Front Bay or Bombay Harbor.
  • If I were sailing around the World I'd like to touch India at this point.
  • Photo no. 3 clicked on 30th May 2015 from the sea.
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