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'''Pensacola Bay''' is located in the northwestern part of [[Florida]] known as the [[Florida Panhandle]].
The bay, '''Pensacola Bay''' is an inlet of the [[Gulf of Mexico]], is located in [[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]] and [[Santa Rosa County, Florida|Santa Rosa]] Counties, adjacent to the city of [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]], and is about 13 miles (21 km) long and 2.5 miles (4 km) wide.
The ==History & names==Pensacola Bay Bridge crosses has gone by many names. During the bayearly expeditions of [[Ponce de Léon]], connecting [[Gulf BreezePánfilo de Narváez]] to Pensacolaand [[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 [[Gulf Islands National Seashore1559]] is part of . It was renamed '''Bahía Santa María de Galve''' (after Gaspar de Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, the bay, [[Conde de Galve]] and then-viceroy of Mexico) by the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway1693]] runs through part expedition of the bay. Pensacola Bay leads into General [[Escambia BayAndrés de Pez]] to the north, and to the East Bay.
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[[Image:WellgeMap.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pensacola and Pensacola Bay, 1885 lithograph]]
==See alsoBridges==*The [[PensacolaBay Bridge]] crosses the bay, Floridaconnecting [[Gulf Breeze]]to Pensacola. The [[Gulf Islands National Seashore]*] is part of the bay, and the [[History Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]] runs through part of the bay. PensacolaBay leads into [[Escambia Bay]] to the north, Floridaand to the [[East Bay]]to the east.
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[[Category:Pensacola waterfront]] [[Category:Bays Bodies of Floridawater]]
