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Bay of Bengal.
The
Bay of Bengal
is a
bay
in the northeastern part of the
Indian Ocean
, west of the
Malay Peninsula
and east of
India
. It looks like a
triangle
. It is called the "Bay of Bengal", because to the north are the
Indian
state of
West Bengal
and the country of
Bangladesh
. It is an extended part of the Indian Ocean, but part of the sea landed on part of Bangladesh. It has four sea ports on part of Bangladesh. The
Bay of Bengal
was named in the history of Bangladesh.