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| | Ocean Name | Bay of Bengal |
| Image Ocean | Bay of Bengal map.png |
| Caption Ocean | Map of Bay of Bengal |
| Caption Bathymetry | TSM |
| Location | South Asia |
| Type | bay |
| Inflow | Indian Ocean |
| Basin Countries | India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka |
| Length | 2,090 km; c.1,300 mi |
| Width | 1,610 km; 1,000 mi |
| Area | 2,172,000 km2 |
| Depth | 2,600 m ; 8,500 feet |
| Max-depth | 4,694 m ; 15,400 feet |
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The Bay of Bengal ( ; , , , -bnˈbɒŋɡopoʃɑːˈɡoɽ), the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma (Myanmar) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (part of India) to the east.
The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,172,000 km2. A number of large rivers � the Padma (a distributary of the Ganges), Meghna (a distributary of the Brahmaputra), Jamuna (a branch of the Brahmaputra), Ayeyarwady, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri � flow into the Bay of Bengal. Among the important ports are Cuddalore, Ennore, Chennai, Karaikal, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, Kakinada, Machilipatnam, Vishakhapatnam, Paradip, Kolkata, Mongla, Chittagong and Yangon.
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