Bight of Biafra Map

The Bight of Biafra is a bay bordered by Cameroon. This map shows the Bight of Biafra highlighted in blue on shaded relief, with the surrounding coasts, rivers, borders and major cities.

Bight of Biafra Map
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How to read this map

Countries with a coast on the Bight of Biafra: Cameroon.

The blue outline marks the Bight of Biafra as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Douala, Port Harcourt, Aba, Warri, Uyo, Calabar, Bafoussam and Umuahia.

Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders.

The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the Bight of Biafra come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the Bight of Biafra is, not a surveyed boundary.

Blank physical map

The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.

Bight of Biafra Map without names
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Bight of Biafra facts

FactValue
InflowsSanaga, Wouri River and Nyong River
Coastal countriesCameroon

Data sources and license

Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.

Maps of the coastal countries: Cameroon. Compare with the map of the five oceans.

Frequently asked questions

Which countries border the Bight of Biafra?

Cameroon.

Can I download a blank map of the Bight of Biafra?

Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted sea but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.

Use this map

You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: Bight of Biafra Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.

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