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Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. Petersburg is on the western neck, Old Tampa Bay, and Tampa is on Hillsborough Bay, the eastern neck. Tampa Bay has dredged shipping channels. Spanish explorers Pánfilo de Narváez (1529) and Hernando De Soto (1539) landed at Tampa Bay. It is spanned at its mouth by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Tampa BayInlet, Gulf of Mexico, western Florida, U.S. The bay is 25 mi (40 km) long and 7–12 mi (11–19 km) wide, and it serves the recreational and commercial activities of Saint Petersburg on the western shore and Tampa on the northeast. Hernando de Soto began his travels through the southeastern U.S. region when he reached Tampa Bay in 1539. Tampa Bay is spanned by the 15-mi (24-km) Sunshine Skyway Bridge. |
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| This deal marks the second joint venture equity investment for HRC and Meridian in the Tampa Bay area in 2006. The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and the Orlando Ballet School have joined forces to create a classical ballet-training program in the Tampa Bay area. Matters didn't improve much from there, as the Kings lost 4-1 to the struggling Tampa Bay Lightning before a crowd of 17,017 at Staples Center. |
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