Cardigan Bay is a semicircular bend of St George's Channel, on the west coast of Wales, 54 miles wide from north to south, and 35 miles deep, with a sweep of coast of 130 miles. It has 3 to 30 fathoms water, with three reefs. A strong current sweeps round the bay from south to north. Almost all the harbours on the coast are obstructed by bars.
Cardigan Bay
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 761
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