Bay of Sirens

The Bay of Sirens is the central and largest of the Gulf of Yrsa's various branches. It stretches over two hundred miles from south to north, terminating where it narrows to the mouth of the River Tarba. The bay and the Tarba estuary are generally considered to mark the dividing line between Haothana to the west and Tordynnar to the east. Its shorelines consist of high, rocky cliffs and bluffs in many places; the most impressive of these rise nearly a thousand feet, although heights of one to two hundred feet are more common. The Kirdan slave-port of Ghalimar is located on the western shore of the lower bay, situated on a headland where it opens into the Gulf of Yrsa. 
The name of the Bay of Sirens stems from old sea-tales told by mariners plying the Thelbir slave trade. They say that malevolent spirits take the form of beautiful Thelbir maidens, golden-haired and golden-voiced, who sing from the clifftops along the bay's shore to lure sailors to their doom. Some claim these are sea-witches or the spawn of Sherian, others that they are the ghosts of Thelbir slave women killed when the ships carrying them sank in the bay.