Back Bay is a waterbody off the coast of

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city, located to its (south) west and joins the

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. The shore of Back Bay includes the famed Chowpatty Beach of Mumbai. Other landmarks are the office district of

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, which is an extension of the Back Bay Reclamation; Marine Drive, which is a promenade road along much of the

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, that is colloquially called The Queen's Necklace, and has been renamed as the Netaji Subhashchandra Bose Road; the

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; the

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headquarters building; the Marine Plaza Hotel; the Taraporewala Aquarium; Wilson College, and the

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to the north-west of the bay, and which includes the wooded Governor's House or Raj Bhavan compound. BackBayMumbai gobeirne

References

* {{cite web , title=The Backbay Reclamations , url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/backbay-reclamation.html , publisher=TIFR , access-date=1 March 2013

* https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/30/story-cities-11-reclamation-mumbai-bombay-megacity-population-density-flood-risk * https://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/310318/state-gives-backbay-plot-for-metro-station.html Landforms of Mumbai Bays of India

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