Bight (geography)
In geography, a bight is a bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature, or it may refer to a bay formed by such a feature. Such bays are typically broad, open, shallow and only slightly recessed. Bights are distinguished from sounds, in that sounds are much deeper. Traditionally, explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in a square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind.
The term is derived from Old English byht and is not etymologically related to "bite".Notable bights
