{{Short description|Bay in Peru}} {{Infobox body of water | native_name = {{langx|es|Bahía de Lima}} | other_name = Miraflores Bay | image = Lima SPOT 1048.jpg | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Peru | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = Pacific Ocean | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = Callao, Lima }} '''Lima Bay''' ({{langx|es|Bahía de Lima}}), also known as '''Miraflores Bay''' ({{langx|es|Bahía de Miraflores}}), is a bay located of the coast of Lima, Peru.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mar de la Gran Bahía de Lima erosiona peligrosamente borde de la Costa Verde |url=https://www.miraflores.gob.pe/mar-de-la-gran-bahia-de-lima-erosiona-peligrosamente-borde-de-la-costa-verde/ |date=2020-02-25 |work=Municipalidad de Miraflores}}</ref> Its shore is located on the central coast of the Lima Province and the southern end of Callao, both part of the metropolitan area of Lima. Administratively it belongs to both Lima and Callao.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alcalde entrega tramo de Costa Verde que conectará Chorrillos y el Callao |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-alcalde-entrega-tramo-costa-verde-conectara-chorrillos-y-callao-video-786372.aspx |date=2020-02-27 |work=Andina}}</ref>
==Overview== The bay is separated from Callao Bay by the Peninsula of La Punta. Due to its location, it is a place of great commercial, tourist and military importance,<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=29 February 2020 |publisher=Miraflores |title=Salvemos las playas de la Gran Bahía de Lima, es el reto que hay que afrontar con prontitud |url=https://www.miraflores.gob.pe/salvemos-las-playas-de-la-gran-bahia-de-lima-es-el-reto-que-hay-que-afrontar-con-prontitud/}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> there is the Costa Verde Beach Circuit, which unites the coastal districts of the bay, which are La Punta and La Perla in Callao,<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=28 February 2020 |publisher=La República |title=Nueva vía en Costa Verde ya une San Miguel con La Perla |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2020/02/28/jorge-munoz-inaugura-nueva-via-en-costa-verde-que-une-san-miguel-con-la-perla-chorrillos-callao/}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=12 September 2020 |publisher=Panamericana Televisión |title=¿Y PARA CUÁNDO ESTARÁ TERMINADA “LA COSTA VERDE DEL CALLAO”? |url=https://panamericana.pe/buenosdiasperu/locales/300491-terminada-costa-verde-callao}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> San Miguel, Magdalena del Mar, San Isidro, Miraflores, Barranco and Chorrillos, in Lima.
The shore area is characterized by being rocky and full of cliffs.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=7 January 2020 |publisher=El Comercio |title=La historia de la Costa Verde y de la ciudad que conquistó su mar |url=https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/la-historia-de-la-costa-verde-y-de-la-ciudad-que-conquisto-su-mar-lima-peru-noticia/}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The Peruvian government has two mega constructions planned in the bay: the Miraflores Bay Cruise Terminal for tourists in the Miraflores district,<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=7 January 2020 |publisher=Asociación Peruana de Agentes Marítimos |title=TERMINAL CRUCERO BAHÍA MIRAFLORES: ¿CÓMO AVANZA EL PRIMER TERMINAL EXCLUSIVO PARA TURISTAS? |url=https://www.apam-peru.com/web/terminal-crucero-bahia-miraflores-como-avanza-el-primer-terminal-exclusivo-para-turistas/}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and the Gran Bahía de Lima viewpoint in honour of Miguel Grau in the Chorrillos district.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 February 2021 |date=28 October 2019 |publisher=Panamericana Televisión |title=CHORRILLOS: ASÍ FUE LA INAUGURACIÓN DEL MIRADOR "GRAN BAHÍA DE LIMA" |url=https://panamericana.pe/buenosdiasperu/locales/278033-chorrillos-asi-inauguracion-mirador-gran-bahia-lima}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
==See also== *Malecón de Miraflores
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Category:Bays of Peru Category:Callao Category:San Miguel District, Lima Category:Magdalena del Mar District Category:San Isidro District, Lima Category:Miraflores District, Lima Category:Barranco District Category:Chorrillos District