Tongoy Bay
Tongoy Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Tongoy) is a bay in Chile's Coquimbo Region. The bay is U-shaped, open to the north. Its western boundary is made up by the hilly and north-protruding Point Lengua de Vaca. More in detail the west boundary of the bay is made up of a seismic fault known as Puerto Aldea Fault.[1] On the shores of the bay lie the towns of Tongoy and Puerto Aldea and their respective beaches. Tongoy Bay is site of recurrent upwelling of cold, acidic and oxygen-poor seawater.[2] Oysters are cultivated in Tongoy Bay.[2]
| Tongoy Bay | |
|---|---|
| Bahía de Tongoy | |
 Fishing boats on Tongoy Bay. | |
  Tongoy Bay Location off the coast of Chile | |
| Location | Coquimbo Region; Chile |
| Coordinates | 30°16′2.94″S 71°33′32.46″W |
| Type | Oceanic bay |
| Primary outflows | Pacific Ocean |
| Basin countries | Chile |
| Settlements | Tongoy, Puerto Aldea |
Guanaqueros Bay lies a few kilometers north of Tongoy Bay being separated by the coastal mountain of Cerro Guanaquero.
References
- Avilés, Julio; Vargas, Gabriel; Ortega, Cristina (2015). Estratigrafía sísmica y evidencias submarinas de tectónica activaen la falla Puerto Aldea, Tongoy, IV Región de Coquimbo, Chile (PDF). XIV Congreso Geológico Chileno (in Spanish). pp. 359–362.
- "Bahía de Tongoy: Laboratorio natural para proyectar los efectos del cambio climático en la acuicultura". Aqua.cl (in Spanish). 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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