Bay of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand, historically known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around 800 km in length and up to 560 km in width, and has a surface area of 320,000 km. The gulf is surrounded …
The Gulf of Thailand, historically known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around 800 km in length and up to 560 km in width, and has a surface area of 320,000 km. The gulf is surrounded on the north, west and southwest by the coastlines of Thailand, on the northeast by Cambodia and the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, and opens to the South China Sea in the southeast.
  • Location: Southeast Asia
  • Primary inflows: South China Sea
  • Basin countries: Cambodia · Thailand · Vietnam · Malaysia
  • Surface area: 320,000 km² (120,000 sq mi)
  • Average depth: 58 m (190 ft)
  • Max. depth: 85 m (279 ft)
  • Type: Gulf

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org