Bay of Txingudi

The Bay of Txingudi (Basque: Txingudiko badia, French: Baie de Chingoudy, Spanish: Bahía de Chingudi) is a bay in the right or French bank of the estuary of the Bidasoa river, near Hendaye in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in south-west France. It faces the town of Hondarribia and the airport of San Sebastián in the Gipuzkoa province of the Basque Country, in north-eastern Spain. The border between the two countries passes through the Bidasoa estuary. It is an important area for bird-watching.^[2]

Bay of Txingudi
Txingudiko badia (in Basque) Baie de Chingoudy (in French) Bahía de Chingudi (in Spanish)
Bay of Txingudi
Coordinates	43.365°N 1.777°W / 43.365; -1.777
Type	bay
Part of	estuary of the Bidasoa
Primary inflows	Bidasoa
Ocean/sea sources	Atlantic
Basin countries	France Spain
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Txingudi
Designated	24 October 2002
Reference no.	1264[1]

The name may, by extension, be applied to the whole body of water between the French and Spanish sides.^[3] The coastal marshes on the Spanish side have been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2002.^[1]