Connecticut is 1.09× the size of Chesapeake Bay
Connecticut (state) covers about 12,700 km² (4,910 mi²) and the Chesapeake Bay (bay) about 11,700 km² (4,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Chesapeake Bay outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 12,700km²Connecticut
- 11,700km²Chesapeake Bay
50 km
- Connecticut
- Chesapeake Bay
What fits
- Chesapeake Bay is 92% of the size of Connecticut.
- Connecticut is larger by 1,050 km² (405 mi²), which is 9.0% of the area of Chesapeake Bay.
- Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Chesapeake Bay about 0.38.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 501 km apart.
- Together Connecticut and Chesapeake Bay cover 24,400 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 3.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,050 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- Connecticut's centre is 3.6° of latitude, about 400 km, farther north than Chesapeake Bay's.
- Connecticut is a state of the United States; it is not drawn with its waters removed, and its measured area is the Natural Earth outline's.
- The Chesapeake Bay is a bay and ranks 40th of the 42 seas on sizeversus by area.
- Laid out flat, Connecticut stretches about 117 km north to south and 161 km east to west; the Chesapeake Bay about 300 km by 145 km.
- Poured over Connecticut, the 82 km³ that Wikidata records for the Chesapeake Bay would stand 6.4 m deep.
- Wikidata’s published figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured 11,700 km², to within 2%.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Connecticut | 1.09× |
| Farther north | Connecticut | 3.6° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Connecticut | 1.8× against 1.6× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Connecticut | Chesapeake Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 0.41× | 0.38× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.05× | 0.05× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.04× | 0.03× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 248 | 1 in 270 |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 667 | 1 in 727 |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 744 | 1 in 811 |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 1,337 | 1 in 1,457 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Connecticut | Chesapeake Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | Baysea on sizeversus |
| Area, measured | 12,700 km²4,910 mi² | 11,700 km²4,500 mi² |
| Area, published | 14,400 km²Wikidata | 11,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | – | 40th of 42seas |
| Volume | – | 82 km³ |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 37°N to 40°N |
| On the shore | – | 1 on the shore |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of the United States lie within 25 km of the outline of the Chesapeake Bay. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11