Bay of Fundy is a bay between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, opening into the Gulf of Maine and the Atlantic Ocean and dividing at its head into Chignecto Bay and the Minas Basin. It has the largest tidal range on Earth,a mean range near 6.2 m (20 ft) at Saint John and about 11.5 m at Burntcoat Head in the Minas Basin, where the recorded mean spring range reaches 14.5 m (47.5 ft).
- Type
- Bay
- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
- Setting
- Between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, opening into the Gulf of Maine and the Atlantic Ocean and dividing at its head into Chignecto Bay and the Minas Basin
- Tidal range
- It has the largest tidal range on Earth,a mean range near 6.2 m (20 ft) at Saint John and about 11.5 m at Burntcoat Head in the Minas Basin, where the recorded mean spring range reaches 14.5 m (47.5 ft).
- Notable
- Burntcoat Head in the Minas Basin holds the Guinness World Record for the highest tides, with an extreme range of 16.3 m (53.5 ft) (Guinness World Records / Canadian Hydrographic Service).
