Editing Pensacola Bay

[[Image:WellgeMap.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pensacola and Pensacola Bay, 1885 lithograph]]
'''Pensacola Bay''' is an inlet of the [[Gulf of Mexico]]  and is about 13 miles (21&nbsp;km) long and 2.5 miles (4&nbsp;km) wide.

The [[Pensacola Bay Bridge]] crosses the bay, connecting [[Gulf Breeze]] to Pensacola. The [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]] is part of the bay, and the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]] runs through part of the bay. Pensacola Bay leads into [[Escambia Bay]] to the north, and to the [[East Bay]] to the east. 

==References==
*''The Road Atlas '06'', Rand McNally, pg. 27

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 '''Pensacola Bay''' is an inlet of the [[Gulf of Mexico]]  and is about 13 miles (21&nbsp;km) long and 2.5 miles (4&nbsp;km) wide.
-==History & names==
-Pensacola Bay has gone by many names. During the early expeditions of [[Ponce de Léon]], [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] and [[Hernando de Soto]], it was called '''Polonza''' and '''Ochuse'''. The bay was dubbed '''Bahía Santa María de Filipina''' by [[Tristán de Luna y Arellano]] in [[1559]]. It was renamed '''Bahía Santa María de Galve''' (after Gaspar de Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, the [[Conde de Galve]] and then-viceroy of Mexico) by the [[1693]] expedition of General [[Andrés de Pez]].
-==Bridges==
 The [[Pensacola Bay Bridge]] crosses the bay, connecting [[Gulf Breeze]] to Pensacola. The [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]] is part of the bay, and the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]] runs through part of the bay. Pensacola Bay leads into [[Escambia Bay]] to the north, and to the [[East Bay]] to the east.