What is Gulf of Guinea?
{{Coord|1|0|N|4|0|E|scale:5000000|display=title}} [[Image:Gulf of Guinea (English).jpg|thumb|right|350px|Map of the Gulf of Guinea, showing the chain of islands formed by the '''Cameroon line''' of volcanoes.]] The '''Gulf of Guinea''' is off [[West Africa]]. It is in the northeast of the tropical [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The Gulf is between [[Cape Lopez]] in [[Gabon]], north and west to [[Cape Palmas]] in [[Liberia]]. The intersection of the [[Equator]] and [[Prime Meridian]] (zero degrees [[latitude]] and [[longitude]]) is in the Gulf. Among the many rivers that drain into the Gulf of Guinea are the [[Niger River|Niger]] and the [[Volta River|Volta]]. The coastline on the gulf includes the [[Bight of Benin]] and the [[Bight of Bonny]]. == Islands in the Gulf of Guinea == The Gulf of Guinea has a number of islands, the largest of which are in a southwest-northeast chain, forming the '''Cameroon line''' of volcanoes. ===Annobón=== [[Annobón]], also known as '''Pagalu''' or '''Pigalu''', is an island that is part of [[Equatorial Guinea]]. ===Bioko=== [[Bioko]] is an [[island]] off the west coast of [[Africa]] in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea. ===Corisco=== [[Corisco]] is an island belonging to Equatorial Guinea. ===The Elobeys=== [[Elobey Grande]] and [[Elobey Chico]] are two small islands belonging to Equatorial Guinea. ===São Tomé and Príncipe=== [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] (officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) is a Portuguese-speaking [[island nation]] in the Gulf of Guinea. It became independent from [[Portugal]] in 1975. ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{List of seas}} [[Category:Gulfs|Guinea]] [[Category:Atlantic Ocean]] [[Category:Geography of Africa]]