- Area
- 1550000
- Elevation
- 0 m
- described by source
- Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, The New Student's Reference Work, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Library of Congress Subject Headings, ArcGIS Online
- inflows
- Atchafalaya River, Colorado River, Coatzacoalcos River, Brazos River, Rio Grande, Vermilion River, Papaloapan River, Apalachicola River, Usumacinta River, Nueces River, Pánuco River, Trinity River
- name
- Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl, Mare de Nort, Mar del Norte, Sinus S. Michaelis, Golfo de Florida, Golfo de Cortés, Sinus Magnus Antillarum, Mare Cathaynum, Golfo de Nueva España, Golfo de México, Golphe du Mexique, Golfe du Mexique
- official name
- Gulf of Mexico, golfe du Mexique, Zatoka Meksykańska, Golf von Mexiko
- vertical depth
- 4384 m
- width
- 1500 km