Talk:Port Phillip

Isn't Port Phillip Bay technically a gulf? Anyone know for sure? Hypernovean 12:53, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Bayside, how did you decide that Port Phillip without Bay is the correct name? I've seen it referred to with Bay just as often as without, if not more. Remember that Port Phillip is also a Local Government Area. Hypernovean 12:00, 17 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

It is a body of water that contains many bays - official charts of area call the body of water Port Phillip. You are correct that common usage uses the term bay but it is not correct.

I also am unsure about the definition of gulf - will do further research and let you know. bayside

I think it should be classified as a bay, as it gets called that so much, and Port Phillip without the bay on the end could be anything, even the name of someone.

I doubt there is any technical difference between a gulf and a bay. Port Phillip is always refered to locally as "the bay", which is why it is so often incorrectly named as Port Phillip Bay. Adam 11:48, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)