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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
[[File:Map (Survivors of the Flux).jpg|thumb|right|Location of the Bay of Bengal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')]] | [[File:Map (Survivors of the Flux).jpg|thumb|right|Location of the Bay of Bengal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'')]] | ||
The Bay of Bengal was the name given to the gulf which extended from the | The Bay of Bengal was the name given to the gulf which extended from the east coast of [[Hindoostan]], via the south-west coast of [[Burmah]], to the west coast of [[Siam]]. The city of [[Madras]] was on the coast of Hindoostan, just west of the bay. The [[Ganges|River Ganges]] flowed into the bay from the northern coast via a series of tributaries. ([[TV]]: ''[[Survivors of the Flux (TV story)|Survivors of the Flux]]'') [[Singapore]] was located on the opposite side of the bay from [[Karachi]] via a slow boat journey. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Warning (audio story)|Storm Warning]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 16:01, 3 December 2021
The Bay of Bengal, also called Bengal Bay, (AUDIO: Storm Warning) was a body of water in the south of Asia.[1]
Geography
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The Bay of Bengal was the name given to the gulf which extended from the east coast of Hindoostan, via the south-west coast of Burmah, to the west coast of Siam. The city of Madras was on the coast of Hindoostan, just west of the bay. The River Ganges flowed into the bay from the northern coast via a series of tributaries. (TV: Survivors of the Flux) Singapore was located on the opposite side of the bay from Karachi via a slow boat journey. (AUDIO: Storm Warning)
History
The Bay of Bengal appeared on a map of the region in 1904. Yasmin Khan, Dan Lewis and Eustacius Jericho travelled through the Bay of Bengal on their journey from Nepal to the Great Wall of China. (TV: Survivors of the Flux)
Diane Holmes flew over the bay in 1952. (TV: Out of Time)
Footnotes
- ↑ The map shown in War of the Sontarans shows Hindustan to be in south Asia. On the map shown in Survivors of the Flux, the Bay of Bengal is located along the east coast of Hindustan.
