thumbnail|upright=1.3|A stretch of coastline of the Great Australian Bight In geography, a bight is a bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature . It typically indicates a large, openbay, often only slightly receding. It is distinguished from a sound by being shallower . Traditionally, explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in a square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind (typically meaning the apex of the bight is less than 25 degrees from the edges).
thumbnail|upright=1.3|A stretch of coastline of the Great Australian Bight In geography, a bight is a bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature , or it may refer to a bay formed by such a feature. Such bays are typically broad, open, shallow and only slightly recessed. Bights are distinguished from sounds, in that sounds are much deeper . Traditionally, explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in a square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind (typically meaning the apex of the bight is less than 25 degrees from the edges).
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. It typically indicates a large, openbay, often only slightly receding. It is distinguished from a sound by being shallower
, or it may refer to a bay formed by such a feature. Such bays are typically broad, open, shallow and only slightly recessed. Bights are distinguished from sounds, in that sounds are much deeper