The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (; ; german: Putziger Wiek), is a shallow western branch of the
Bay of Gdańsk
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a nar ...
in the southern
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
, off the shores of
Gdańsk Pomerania
Gdańsk Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze Gdańskie), csb, Gduńsczim Pòmòrzã, german: Danziger Pommern) is a geographical region within Pomerelia in northern and northwestern Poland, covering the bulk of Pomeranian Voivodeship.
It forms a part and ...
,
Poland
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. It is separated from the open sea by the
Hel Peninsula
Hel Peninsula (; pl, Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski; csb, Hélskô Sztremlëzna; german: Halbinsel Hela or ''Putziger Nehrung'') is a sand bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea. It is l ...
.
The bay has an average depth of to . There is a shallow sand-bank from
Rewa
Rewa may refer to:
Places Fiji
* Rewa (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji), a former electoral division of Fiji
* Rewa Plateau, between the Kaimur and Vindhya Ranges in Madhya Pradesh
* Rewa Province, Fiji
* Rewa River, the widest river in Fiji
...
to
Kuźnica in the middle of Hel Peninsula. The bay is available only for small fishing boats and yachts, which have to stick to the strict deeper routes. There are deposits of
potassium salt below the Bay of Puck. The main
ports
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are
Puck,
Jastarnia
Jastarnia ( csb, Jastarniô, german: Heisternest) is a resort town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodship, northern Poland. It is located on the Hel Peninsula on the Baltic Sea. It is a popular Polish seaside resort and small fishing port.
The ...
, and
Hel.
Image:Hel peninsula landsat.jpg, Bay of Puck and Hel Peninsula as seen from Landsat
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satellite in 2000
Image:Hel Peninsula and Bay of Puck.png, Towns of Puck Bay and Hel Peninsula
See also
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Płutnica
Płutnica is a river of Poland. It leads to the Bay of Puck
The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (; ; german: Putziger Wiek), is a shallow western branch of the Bay of Gdańsk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. It i ...
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Special Protection Areas in Poland Special Protection Areas for birds in Poland are called OSOPs ( pl, Obszar Specjalnej Ochrony Ptaków).
As of 2005, 72 OSOPs were designated.
See also
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* Protected areas of Poland
References
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References
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Natura 2000 in Poland