Editing Gulf of Guinea (section)

==Geography==
The main river dispensing its waters in the gulf is the [[Niger River]].

Different definitions of the geographic limits of the Gulf of Guinea are given; the [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the southwest extent of the Gulf of Guinea as "B line from Cap Lopez ({{Coord|0|37|S|8|43|E}}), in Gabon, northwestward to [[Ilhéu das Rolas|Ihléu Gago Coutinho (Ilhéu das Rôlas)]] ({{Coord|0|01|S|6|32|E}}); and thence a line from Ihléu Gago Coutinho northwestward to Cape Palmas ({{Coord|4|22|N|7|44|W}}), in Liberia.<ref name="iho">{{cite web|url=https://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/S-23WG/S-23WG_Misc/Draft_2002/S-23_Draft_2002_NORTH_ATLANTIC.doc|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, Draft 4th Edition: North Atlantic Ocean and its Sub-Divisions|year=2002|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035046/http://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/S-23WG/S-23WG_Misc/Draft_2002/S-23_Draft_2002_NORTH_ATLANTIC.doc|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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File:Carte du golfe de Guinée-18e s..jpg|Old French map of the Gulf of Guinea
File:Limites du golfe de Guinée-fr.svg|Different limits of the Gulf of Guinea
File:Gulf of Guinea 5.24136E 2.58756N.jpg|[[Satellite imagery]] of the Gulf of Guinea showing borders of states on its shores
</gallery>

===Islands in the Gulf of Guinea===<!--"Gulf of Guinea islands" redirects here, so use an anchor if the title is changed-->
The Gulf of Guinea contains a number of islands, the largest of which are in a southwest-northeast chain, forming part of the [[Cameroon line]] of volcanoes.

[[Annobón]], also known as Pagalu or Pigalua, is an island that is part of [[Equatorial Guinea]].

[[Bobowasi Island]] is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of the [[Western Region (Ghana)|Western Region]] of Ghana.

[[Bioko]] is an [[island]] off the [[Ambazonian]] region of Cameroon in the Gulf of Guinea under the sovereignty of Equatorial Guinea.

[[Corisco]] is an island belonging to Equatorial Guinea, as are the  two small islands of [[Elobey Grande]] and [[Elobey Chico]].

[[São Tomé and Príncipe]] (officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) is a Portuguese-speaking [[island nation]] in the Gulf of Guinea that became independent from [[Portugal]] in 1975. It is located off the western equatorial coast of Africa and consists of two islands, [[São Tomé Island|São Tomé]] and [[Príncipe]]. They are located about {{convert|140|km|mi|0}} apart and about {{convert|250|and|225|km|mi|0}}, respectively, off the northwestern coast of [[Gabon]]. Both islands are part of an [[Cameroon line|extinct]] [[volcano|volcanic]] [[mountain range]]. São Tomé, the sizeable southern island, is situated just north of the [[Equator]].