The Gulf of Morbihan (French: golfe du Morbihan, French pronunciation:[ɡɔlfdymɔʁbiɑ̃]; Breton: Mor Bihan Gwened) is a natural harbour on the coast of the department of Morbihan in southern Brittany, France. Its English name is taken from the French version, le golfe du Morbihan, though it would be more precisely called 'the Morbihan' as its Breton name 'Ar Mor Bihan' means 'the little sea'. (Compare the Welsh y môr bychan), as opposed to the Atlantic Ocean outside, (Ar Mor Bras). Legend says that there are as many islands in the Gulf as there are days of the year. In fact the gulf has about 40, depending on the tides. Many islands are private property, except the largest two, Île-aux-Moines and Île-d'Arz.
The area around the gulf features an extraordinary range of megalithic monuments. There are passage dolmens, stepped pyramids with underground dolmen chambers, stone circles, and giant menhirs, among others. The site best known to outsiders is Carnac, where remains of a dozen rows of huge standing stones run for over ten kilometers. The passage grave of Gavrinis, on a small island in the Gulf, is one of the most important such sites in Europe. Some of the ruins have been dated to at least 3300 BC — 200 years older than England's Stonehenge.
GulfofMorbihan (French: golfe du Morbihan, French pronunciation: [ɡɔlf dy mɔʁbiɑ̃]; Breton: Mor Bihan Gwened) is a natural harbour on the coast of the...
of bilingual education. The painter Raymond Wintz (1884–1956) depicted locations around the GulfofMorbihan. As of 2014, the préfet of the Morbihan is...
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reconstruction of the 1663 chapel, built in 1926. The tumulus of Tumiac is located in Arzon, in the Rhuys peninsula, south of the GulfofMorbihan. It is also...
pronounced [ˈkaːʁnaɡ]) is a commune beside the GulfofMorbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France. Its inhabitants...
in the GulfofMorbihan in Brittany, France. It contains the Gavrinis tomb, a Neolithic passage tomb built around 4200–4000 BC, making it one of the world's...
of the Antarctic Convergence, on board the sealing ship Offley in GulfofMorbihan (Royal Sound then), Kerguelen Island on 11 March 1859. In 1874–1875...
the army assembled at Vannes and its transports gathered around the GulfofMorbihan; the terrain was more fertile, the anchorage was large and sheltered...
administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ) is one of the three levels of government under the national...
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Breton coast is very indented, with many cliffs, rias and capes. The GulfofMorbihan is a vast natural harbour with some forty islands that is almost a...
misappropriation of the UN "oil for food" program in Iraq. On 17 March 2013, Metzner's body was found floating near the Boëdic island in GulfofMorbihan. Metzner's...
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Karen (née Lewis) Gribius, an interior designer, to Baden near the GulfofMorbihan in 2001. She has two siblings, Emily and Alexander. Her maternal grandparents...
of 30 to 40 warships was sent from Cadiz to the GulfofMorbihan as an affirmation of strategic support, arriving three weeks after the departure of Buckingham...
commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. It is located on the Rhuys peninsula between the GulfofMorbihan and the Atlantic...
southern British during the war of 56 BC – as living in clifftop oppida. Their capital was Darioritum, on the GulfofMorbihan, now modern Vannes/Gwened. The...
located on the GulfofMorbihan at the mouth of two rivers, the Marle and the Vincin, is around 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of Nantes and 450 km...
triangular in shape, open to the south with the GulfofMorbihan to the north-east and the narrow peninsula of Presqu'île de Quiberon providing protection...
human born in the Antarctic, on board the sealing ship Offley in the GulfofMorbihan (Royal Sound then), Kerguelen Island on 11 March 1859. The first human...
coastal river, which flows into the GulfofMorbihan. The town is high on the west bank of the river Auray on the edge of the Armorican plateau which is cut...
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