Editing Gulf of Thailand (section)

{{Short description|Shallow inlet in the South China Sea}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name               = Gulf of Thailand
| other_name         = {{hlist|{{lang|km|ឈូងសមុទ្រសៀម}}|{{lang|th|อ่าวไทย}}|{{nowrap|{{lang|vi|Vịnh Thái Lan}}}}}}
| image              = Gulf of Thailand.svg
| caption            = Location of the Gulf of Thailand
| image_bathymetry   = 
| caption_bathymetry = 
| location           = [[Southeast Asia]]
| coords             = {{Coord|09|30|N|102|00|E|type:waterbody_scale:5000000|display=title,inline}}
| type               = Gulf
| inflow             = [[South China Sea]]
| outflow            = 
| catchment          = 
| basin_countries    = {{hlist|[[Cambodia]]|[[Thailand]]|[[Vietnam]]|[[Malaysia]]}}
| length             = 
| area               = {{convert|320000|km2|abbr=on}}
| depth              = {{convert|58|m|abbr=on}}
| max-depth          = {{convert|85|m|abbr=on}}
}}
The '''Gulf of Thailand''' ({{langx|th|อ่าวไทย}}), historically known as the '''Gulf of Siam''' ({{langx|th|อ่าวสยาม}}), is a shallow inlet<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=browser&id=4331#ct |title=Marine Gazetteer browser |publisher=Marineregions org |access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/thailand-gulf-of |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030160533/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Thailand-Gulf-of |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 30, 2014 |title=Thailand, Gulf of | publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref> adjacent to southeast of [[South China Sea]], bounded between the southwestern shores of the [[Indochinese Peninsula]] and the northern half of the [[Malay Peninsula]].  It is around {{convert|800|km|abbr=on}} in length and up to {{convert|560|km|abbr=on}} in width, and has a surface area of {{convert|320,000|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=4334 |title=Marine Gazetteer Placedetails - Gulf of Thailand |publisher=Marineregions org |access-date=June 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deepseawaters.com/Gulf_of_Thailand.htm |title=Gulf of Thailand |publisher=Deepseawaters.com |access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref>  The gulf is surrounded on the north, west and southwest by the coastlines of [[Thailand]] (hence the name), on the northeast by [[Cambodia]] and the [[Mekong Delta]] region of [[Vietnam]], and opens to the South China Sea in the southeast.