All Saints Bay

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Space photo from April 1997

All Saints Bay
Waters	South Atlantic
Land mass	South America
Geographical location	12 ° 53 ′  S , 38 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 12 ° 53 ′  S , 38 ° 36 ′  W
width	approx. 45 km
depth	approx. 50 km

The Bay of All Saints ( Portuguese Baía de Todos os Santos ) is a bay in the Brazilian state of Bahia and namesake of this state. At the exit of the bay is the capital of the state of Salvador . It is one of the largest sea bays in the South Atlantic .

Amerigo Vespucci , sailing in Portuguese service, entered a spacious bay just on All Saints Day , on November 1st, 1501, a good hundred kilometers south of the twelfth parallel and named it after the day of landing: Bahia de Todos os Santos .

Web links

• All Saints Bay on the brasilienportal.ch website

Historical map of the bay with Salvador da Bahia