Ambès

Ambès (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛs]; Occitan: Ambés) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

It is located at the point, the Bec d'Ambès (Occ.

bèc is cognate with Old English bæc for beck[3]), where the rivers Garonne and Dordogne meet to form the Gironde estuary.

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An Avro Lancaster of No. 514 Squadron RAF over the target during a Bomber Command attack on oil storage tanks at Bec d'Ambes in the Garonne estuary, 4 August 1944.