Ambas Bay

Ambas Bay
Ambas Bay Location in Cameroon
Coordinates	4°00′N 9°11′E
Native name	Baie d'Ambas
Ocean/sea sources	Gulf of Guinea Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Cameroon

Max. length	9 km (5.6 mi)
Max. width	3.8 km (2.4 mi)

Ambas Bay is a bay of southwest Cameroon.

Geography

The bay opens towards the Gulf of Guinea. The port of Limbe lies on the shore of Ambas Bay.[1]

History

Alfred Saker founded a settlement of freed slaves on the bay in 1858, which was later renamed Victoria.[2] in 1884 Britain established the Ambas Bay Protectorate, of which Victoria was the capital. It was then ceded to Germany in 1887.[3]

Colonial governors of Ambas Bay

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
Victoria Colony
1858	Foundation of Victoria Colony by English Baptist Missionary Society
1858 to 1876	Alfred Saker, Administrator
1877 to 1878	George Grenfell, Administrator
1878 to 1879	Q. W. Thomson, Administrator
1879 to July 1884	..., Administrator
British Ambas Bay Protectorate
19 July 1884
July 1884 to 21 April 1885	Edward H. Hewitt, Administrator
21 April 1885 to 28 March 1887	..., Administrator
28 March 1887	Ambas Bay becomes part of German possessions

References

"www.britannica.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
"The Early Times in Victoria (Limbe)". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
www.worldstatesmen.org

African seas
Oceans and seas	Alboran Sea Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Levantine Sea Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Southern Ocean
Gulfs and bays	Abu Qir Bay Acheïl Dakhlet Al Hoceima Bay Algiers Bay Algoa Bay Ambas Bay Ana Chaves Bay Angra de Cintra Antongil Bay Antsiranana Bay Arab's Gulf Baía Almeida Baía da Condúcia Baía da Corimba Baía de Mocambo Baía de Mossuril Baia de Porto Amboim Baía de Santa Marta Baía de Sucujaque Baía de Tombua Baía do Ambriz Baía do Bengo Baía do Dande Baía do Govuro Baía do Lúrio Baía do Nzeto Baía do Suto Baie de Gorée Baie de Sangareya Baie de Yof Bandombaai Bay of Anfile Bay of Arguin Bay of Aseb Bay of Arzew Bight of Benin Bay of Beylul Bay of Edd Bay of Hawakil Bay of Langarano Bay of Saint-Augustin Bay of Tangier Benguela Bay Bera’esoli Betty’s Bay Bight of Biafra Bocock’s Bay Bombetoka Bay Bootbaai Bosluisbaai Cabinda Bay Cape Cross Bay Cape Negro Bay Chake-Chake Bay Chameis Bay Chwaka Bay Conception Bay Cuio Bay Dakhlet Nouadhibou Dalwakteah Bay Deurloopbaai Doringbaai Dungonab Bay Durissa Bay Elands Bay Enseada das Pombas Enseada de São Braz Enseada do Catumbo Enseada do Chalungo Enseada do Quicombo Enseada do Quitungo Enseada dos Três Irmãos Equimina Bay False Bay Farta Bay Fernao Veloso Bay Foul Bay Frederik se Baai Grosse Bucht Gulf of Aden Gulf of 'Agig Gulf of Gabès Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Hammamet Gulf of Sirte Gulf of Suez Gulf of Tadjoura Gulf of Tunis Gulf of Zula Ghoubbet-el-Kharab Hafun Bay South Hann Bay Harrison Cove Henties Bay Hirghīgo Bahir Selat’ē Horingbaai Hottentotsbaai Hurdiyo Hydra Bay Inhambane Bay Jammer Bucht John Owen Bay Kalawy Bay Kiwaiyu Bay Lambert Bay Lamu Bay Langbaai Loango Bay Lobito Bay Luanda Bay Lüderitz Bay McDougall Bay Manza Bay Maputo Bay Markusbaai Memba Bay Menai Bay Meob Bay Mietjie Frans se Baai Moraha Bahir Selat’ē Mossel Bay Möwebaai Namibe Bay Noopbaai Oran Gulf Pemba Bay Pipas Bay Platbaai Plaatjieskraalbaai Plettenbergbaai Pointe-Noire Bay Porto Alexandre, Angola Prinzen Bucht Río de Oro Bay Rock Bay Roode Bay Rooiwalbaai Saint Francis Bay Saint Francis Bay (Eastern Cape) St Helena Bay Saint Sebastian Bay Saldanha Bay Sandwich Harbour Sierra Bay Skoonbergbaai Skurfbaai Slangbaai Sodwana Bay Sofala Bay Somnaasbaai Spencer Bay Struisbaai Spoegrivierbaai Swartstraat Table Bay Thysbaai Tietiesbaai Ungama Bay Walker Bay Walvis Bay (bay) Yawri Bay
Straits	Bab-el-Mandeb Bab Iskender Canal de Bolama Canal de Bolola Canal de Caió Canal de São Vicente Canal do Meio Mafia Channel Massawa Channel Mozambique Channel‎ Tigres Strait Pemba Channel Shubuk Channel Guardafui Channel Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Sicily Straits of Tiran Zanzibar Channel
Historical seas	Aethiopian Sea Erythraean Sea Sea of Zanj
Africa portal Oceans portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.