There are also many bays, of which Hangzhou Bay is the largest.

The Zhoushan Archipelago, comprising 1,390 islands and 3,306 reefs, is located outside of Hangzhou Bay.

One of the communities inhabited by the rebels was Ningbo, a port and walled city located south of Hangzhou Bay.

The site is located at the tip of the peninsula between Yangtze and Qiantang rivers, on the Hangzhou Bay.

It sits next to the East China Sea and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay.

Zhapu harbor in the municipality's southwest is an important deep water harbor along Hangzhou Bay.

Hangzhou Bay contains many small islands collectively called the Zhoushan Islands.

It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay, facing the East China Sea to the east.

The bridge across the Hangzhou Bay was the subject of various feasibility studies for over a decade before the final plans were approved in 2003.

An additional bridge will be built across Hangzhou Bay for high-speed rail, providing a direct link between Shanghai and Ningbo before 2020.