Back Bay (Mumbai)

Back Bay
Backbay
Mumbai's skyline from the Back Bay, c. 2022
Back Bay Location of Back Bay in Mumbai
Location	south of Mumbai, India
Coordinates	18.94°N 72.81°E / 18.94; 72.81
Type	bay
Ocean/sea sources	Arabian Sea
Shore length^1	4 km (2.5 mi)
Settlements	Mumbai, India
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Back Bay is a waterbody off the coast of Mumbai city, located to its (south) west and joins the Arabian Sea.

The shore of Back Bay includes the famed Chowpatty Beach of Mumbai. Other landmarks are the office district of Nariman Point, which is an extension of the Back Bay Reclamation; Marine Drive, which is a promenade road along much of the foreshore, that is colloquially called The Queen's Necklace, and has been renamed as the Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Road; the Oberoi Hotel; the Air India headquarters building; the Marine Plaza Hotel; the Taraporewala Aquarium; Wilson College, and the Malabar Hill promontory to the north-west of the bay, and which includes the wooded Governor's House or Raj Bhavan compound.

Back Bay viewed from the south east

See also

• Mahim Bay

References

• "The Backbay Reclamations". TIFR. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
• [1]
• https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/30/story-cities-11-reclamation-mumbai-bombay-megacity-population-density-flood-risk
• https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/310318/state-gives-backbay-plot-for-metro-station.html