The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and …

5 天之前 · The name Gulf of Mexico has been applied to the body of water since at least the late 16th century. English geographer Richard Hakluyt referred to the “Gulfe of Mexico” in The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589). That same year, Italian cartographer Baptista Boazio produced a map of Sir Francis Drake’s 1585–86 naval …

O golfo do México é o maior golfo do mundo, sendo cercado por terras da América do Norte e da América Central. Com uma superfície de aproximadamente 1 550 000 km², seu subsolo é rico em petróleo, por isso muitos especialistas o consideram um mar dentro de um oceano [1] amplamente cercado pelo continente norte-americano. [2]

2025年2月5日 · The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked body of water on the southeastern periphery of the North American continent. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba, and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatan Channel.

5 天之前 · ¿Es la primera vez que se plantea cambiarle el nombre al Golfo de México? No. En 2012, un legislador estatal de Mississippi propuso un proyecto de ley para cambiar el nombre de las porciones del golfo que tocan ese estado como “Golfo de Estados Unidos”; mas tarde, el autor de la medida dijo que la iniciativa era solo una “broma”.

6 天之前 · Maior golfo do mundo, o Golfo do México é cercado por terras da América do Norte e da América Central. A região tem uma superfície de aproximadamente 1,55 milhão de km², e seu subsolo é ...

2021年2月11日 · The Gulf of Mexico is a large oval-shaped oceanic basin, that is located on the southeastern coast of North America and is bounded by the US states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Florida to the north, northeast and northwest; by the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatan to the south ...

The Gulf of Mexico is an ocean basin or bay of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a marginal sea of North America. [3] [4] The United States of America, Mexico, and Cuba are the countries around it. The Straits of Florida connect to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean, and the Yucatán Channel connects to the Caribbean Sea.

Gulf of Mexico, Gulf, southeastern coast of North America, connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán Channel. Covering an area of 600,000 sq mi (1,550,000 sq km), it is bounded by the U.S., Mexico, and Cuba.

No entanto, organizações contemporâneas de padronização geográficas, como o Conselho de Nomes Geográficos dos Estados Unidos, e hidrográficas, como a Organização Hidrográfica Internacional (OHI) usam “Golfo do México” como o nome oficial.Outros acordos internacionais estabelecidos pela Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre o Direito do Mar abrangem Estados …