Port-au-Prince Bay explained

Port-au-Prince Bay
Pushpin Map:Haiti
Location:Gulf of Gonâve
Countries:Haiti
Settlements:Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince Bay is a bay located in the Gulf of Gonâve in Haiti, at the bottom of which lies the vast plain of the Cul-de-Sac and the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, alongside its metropolitan area. It is connected to the gulf via two inlets located on either side of the island of Gonâve: the Canal de Saint-Marc to the north of it and the Canal de la Gonâve to the south.

Geography

Port-au-Prince Bay extends from the Pointe de Trou Forban in the northwest to the Pointe de Cà-lra in the southwest[1] and is about wide and about long.

The Grise, Bâtarde, Froide, and Momance Rivers as well as the Boucanbrou Canal flow into Port-au-Prince Bay.

History

On 13 January 2010, in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Forward arrived and began running air-traffic control from Port-au-Prince Bay.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213145/http://www.apn.gouv.ht/apn5/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46. Autorité Portuaire Nationale. Le Port international de Port-au-Prince.
  2. News: Devastation, Seen From a Ship . January 13, 2010 . Eric Lipton . The New York Times . January 15, 2010.