![In Vietnamese ha long means 'descending dragon', and legend has it that Halong Bay was formed by a gigantic dragon which plunged into the Gulf of Tonkin, creating thousands of limestone outcrops In Vietnamese ha long means 'descending dragon', and legend has it that Halong Bay was formed by a gigantic dragon which plunged into the Gulf of Tonkin, creating thousands of limestone outcrops](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B038JD/in-vietnamese-ha-long-means-descending-dragon-and-legend-has-it-that-halong-bay-was-formed-by-a-gigantic-dragon-which-plunged-into-the-gulf-of-tonkin-creating-thousands-of-limestone-outcrops-by-the-lashing-of-its-tail-geologists-tend-to-dismiss-this-theory-arguing-that-the-myriad-islands-that-dot-halong-bay-and-extend-all-the-way-north-to-the-chinese-frontier-are-the-product-of-selective-erosion-of-the-seabed-over-millennia-2B038JD.jpg)
In Vietnamese ha long means 'descending dragon', and legend has it that Halong Bay was formed by a gigantic dragon which plunged into the Gulf of Tonkin, creating thousands of limestone outcrops
Visit Oahu - Mokolii Island on Oahu's Windward coast. In Hawaiian, Mokolii means "little lizard". Legend has it that the island formed after the goddess Hiiaka cut off a giant lizard's tail
![According to legend, Pago Bay was formed by a giant fish that ate part of the island | Nice view, Historical sites, Guam According to legend, Pago Bay was formed by a giant fish that ate part of the island | Nice view, Historical sites, Guam](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/3e/3a/333e3a272122b6d4543af290230145ee.jpg)