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Gulf Coast, USA - Tamaulipas, Mexico to New Orleans, LA
Satellite imagery Provided Courtesy of NASA "Planetary Photo Journal"
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Mexico, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, bordered on the north by the United States, on the east by Cuba, and on the south and west by Mexico. It covers an area of about 1,812,990 sq km (about 700,000 sq mi) and extends about 1770 km (about 1100 mi) from east to west and some 1287 km (some 800 mi) from north to south.
The gulf is connected with the Atlantic by the narrow Straits of Florida and with the Caribbean Sea through the Yucatแn Channel. Major rivers entering the gulf include the Mississippi, Brazos, and Rio Grande. Shrimping is important in shallow coastal waters, and petroleum deposits are located in the Bay of Campeche (a southern arm of the gulf) and off the Louisiana and Texas
coasts.
Major US Cities along the Gulf Coast include the Texas cities of; Brownsville, South Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Port Aransas, Galveston, Houston & Port Arthur, the Louisiana Cities of; Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Franklin, Morgan City, Houma, Kenner, Metairie, New Orleans & Chalmette and to the extreme right edge, the Mississippi city of Gulfport.
"Mexico, Gulf of," Microsoftฎ
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Other Sources of satellite imagery include;
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Hotels and Lodges in Mexico are available here, Tamaulipas, Tampico, Veracruz, Coatzacoalcos, Campeche, Merida, Cancun, Cozumel, Chetumal and the Pacific Coastal Cities of; Tapachula, Chiapas, Acapulco, Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Los Mochis & La Paz.
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