Bay of Txingudi

Bay

43°21′54″N 1°46′37″W / 43.365°N 1.777°W / 43.365; -1.777TypebayPart ofestuary of the BidasoaPrimary inflowsBidasoaOcean/sea sourcesAtlanticBasin countries

France
Spain

Ramsar Wetland

Official nameTxingudiDesignated24 October 2002Reference no.1264^[1]

The Bay of Txingudi (Basque: Txingudiko badia, French: Baie de Chingoudy, Spanish: Bahía de Chingudi) is a bay in the right or French bank of the estuary of the Bidasoa river, near Hendaye in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in south-west France. It faces the town of Hondarribia and the airport of San Sebastián in the Gipuzkoa province of the Basque Country, in north-eastern Spain. The border between the two countries passes through the Bidasoa estuary. It is an important area for bird-watching.^[2]

The name may, by extension, be applied to the whole body of water between the French and Spanish sides.^[3] The coastal marshes on the Spanish side have been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Txingudi". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ José Antonio Montero, Eduardo de Juana Aranzana, Fernando Barrio (2006). Where to watch birds in Spain: the 100 best sites. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 9788496553040.
^ Txingudi (in Spanish). Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. Accessed July 2014.