The Bay of Santander is both a comarca of Cantabria and the largest estuary on the North coast of Spain, with an extension of 22.42 km2. Due to the influence of Santander and its metropolitan area, nearly half of the population of the autonomous community of Cantabria is gathered around it, which makes the anthropic pressure on this area of water quite notable.
Bay of Santander
Spectral image of the Santander bay taken by the NASA satellite LandSat.
Santander is the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. It has a population of 172,000 (2017). It is a port city located in the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Cantabrian Sea.
Image: El Palacio de la Magdalena (2)
Image: Santander Cathedral 2021 exterior panoramic
Image: Santander 2016
Image: Playa Sardinero, Santander, Spain (2) edited