Big Sound
| Great Sound Great Sound |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean |
| Land mass | Grand Bermuda , Somerset Island , Boaz Island , Ireland Island South and Ireland Island North |
| Geographical location | 32 ° 17 ′ 15 ″ N , 64 ° 50 ′ 13 ″ W |
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| width | approx. 6 km |
| depth | approx. 7 km |
Großer Sund , English Great Sound , is the name of an almost circular bay in the area of the Atlantic Bermuda Islands.
Numerous islands surround the sound . a. Grand Bermuda to the east and south and Somerset Island , Boaz Island , Ireland Island South and Ireland Island North to the west. In the north, the Great Sound is open to the Atlantic with a passage width of around 2.5 kilometers.
The south-west coast of Grand Bermuda facing part of the Great Sound, which of two prominent peninsulas is confined, is called Little Sound ( Little Sound ).
There are many small and mostly uninhabited islands in the Great and Small Sound - with a total water area of around 20 km² .