| CORTEZ | Sea of ___ (Gulf of California alias) |
| SHOALS | Isles of __: Gulf of Maine locale |
| BISCAY | Bay of _, gulf of the Atlantic Ocean between France and Spain (6) |
| VERMILION | Mexico's 700-mile Gulf of California is sometimes called the Sea of ___, owing to its massive red algae blooms |
| LEYTE | Battle of ___ Gulf (largest naval engagement of WWII) |
| CAMBAY | Gulf of ___ : gulf off Gujarat coast? (6) |
| MADELEINE | Iles de la ___ (Gulf of St. lawrence archipelago) |
| GRANDE | Rio ___ (Gulf of Mexico feeder) |
| NAPLES | Bay of ____, gulf off the coast of Italy overlooked by Mount Vesuvius (6) |
| VAQUITA | Found only near the northern end of the Gulf of California, ecologists had estimated that, by 2020, no more than 18 adults of this marine mammal species remained. (7) |
| BAJACALIFORNIA | Spanish name for Lower California, the peninsula of northwestern Mexico, bounded by the United States, the Gulf of California, and the Pacific Ocean. (4,10) |
| BAJA | Peninsula west of the Gulf of California, informally |
| SEA | ___ of Cortez; Gulf of California |
| SINALOA | Coastal state of NW Mexico on the Gulf of California; capital, Culiacan (7) |
| SONORA | State on the Gulf of California |
| YAQUI | Mexican river flowing south to the Gulf of California (5) |
| COLORADO | River that flows from the Rockies to the Gulf of California (8) |
| AZOV | Sea of ___, area of water north of the Black Sea (4) |
| HUON | ___ Gulf, inlet of the Solomon Sea in eastern Papua New Guinea (4) |
| PERSIAN | Shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Saudi Arabia and Iran, _ Gulf (7) |
