Bay of Gulls

The Bay of Gulls is the body of water directly to the north of Parlera. It sits in the shadows of the Blackroot Mountains, which directly border the bay on its eastern shores. The waters of the bay are not very violent, and are fairly serene, almost being enclosed by the island of Erris to its west.
The Bay of Gulls receives its name from the large preponderance of seagulls that can be encountered on shipping lanes. The reason for the abnormally high presence of seagulls in the area is two-fold, but are both related. The coral and sandbars in the area gives coastal birds, such as gulls, places to land in the bay, and the coral and sandbars limit trade going to and from Bustoke, the capital city of Parlera located on the shores of the bay, into specific, high-traffic lanes of safety that have been ingrained in the memories of the gulls.
The coral of the Bay of Gulls is prized by people from across the world, and is harvested in a sustainable manner, as to not disturb the coral reefs and growths, as well as the creatures that live within them. Such growths also make the Bay of Gulls treacherous to sail in unless one has a map of the locations of sandbars and tall coral growths.