Palm Bay (Florida)
Encyclopedia
This article is for the bay. For the city in Florida
, see Palm Bay
.
Palm Bay is a bay
located in Palm Bay
, Florida
, United States
and is bordered to the South by the Palm Bay Pointe peninsula
. It is an estuary
of Indian River
and Turkey Creek
drains into Palm Bay. Pioneers initially settled in Palm Bay as they moved into the area in the late 19th century and the city of Palm Bay received its name from this bay.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, see Palm Bay
Palm Bay, Florida
Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 100,786 on 1 July 2008; it is the most populous city in the county...
.
Palm Bay is a bay
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
located in Palm Bay
Palm Bay, Florida
Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 100,786 on 1 July 2008; it is the most populous city in the county...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and is bordered to the South by the Palm Bay Pointe peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
. It is an estuary
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of Indian River
Indian River (Florida)
The Indian River is a waterway in Florida, a part of the Indian River Lagoon system which forms the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It extends southward from the Ponce de Leon inlet in New Smyrna Beach, Florida [Volusia County] southward and across the "Haulover Canal" and along the western shore...
and Turkey Creek
Turkey Creek (Brevard County, Florida)
Turkey Creek is a stream in Malabar and Palm Bay, Florida, United States. It is a tributary of the Indian River, with its mouth in the bay of Palm Bay near Palm Bay Pointe....
drains into Palm Bay. Pioneers initially settled in Palm Bay as they moved into the area in the late 19th century and the city of Palm Bay received its name from this bay.
See also
- Indian RiverIndian River (Florida)The Indian River is a waterway in Florida, a part of the Indian River Lagoon system which forms the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It extends southward from the Ponce de Leon inlet in New Smyrna Beach, Florida [Volusia County] southward and across the "Haulover Canal" and along the western shore...
- Palm Bay, FloridaPalm Bay, FloridaPalm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 100,786 on 1 July 2008; it is the most populous city in the county...
- Turkey CreekTurkey Creek (Brevard County, Florida)Turkey Creek is a stream in Malabar and Palm Bay, Florida, United States. It is a tributary of the Indian River, with its mouth in the bay of Palm Bay near Palm Bay Pointe....