Back_Bay_(Mumbai)

Back Bay (Mumbai)

Back Bay (Mumbai)

Bay in south of Mumbai, India

Back Bay is a waterbody off the coast of Mumbai city, located to its (south) west and joins the Arabian Sea.

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The shore of Back Bay includes the famed Chowpatty Beach of Mumbai. Other landmarks are the office district of Nariman Point, which is an extension of the Back Bay Reclamation; Marine Drive, which is a promenade road along much of the foreshore, that is colloquially called The Queen's Necklace, and has been renamed as the Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Road; the Oberoi Hotel; the Air India headquarters building; the Marine Plaza Hotel; the Taraporewala Aquarium; Wilson College, and the Malabar Hill promontory to the north-west of the bay, and which includes the wooded Governor's House or Raj Bhavan compound.

Back Bay viewed from the south east

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References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Back Bay (Mumbai).
    • "The Backbay Reclamations". TIFR. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
    • https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/30/story-cities-11-reclamation-mumbai-bombay-megacity-population-density-flood-risk
    • https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/310318/state-gives-backbay-plot-for-metro-station.doc
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