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Scientists have known that leatherbacks commonly swim from the South and Mid-Atlantic Bights during the warmer months to reach feeding areas near New England and Nova Scotia, Canada where food is plentiful.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2024

Ever since vessels have regularly frequented the Bights, the Kruman has had the helpful habit of shipping himself off on board, and doing all the heavy work. 

From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.

It is the first meeting with the hot breath of the Bights that tries one; it is the breath of Death himself to many.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

My opinion as to the importance of these articles to navigation became further strengthened by subsequent observations in the Bights of Biafra and Benin.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

The bitterness of death remained behind as we passed out of the baneful Bights.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir