Vyborg Bay (, , ) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...

in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf. The

Monrepos Park Mon Repos or Monrepos (russian: Монрепо́, from the French for "my rest") is an extensive English landscape park in the northern part of the rocky island of Linnasaari (Tverdysh, Slottsholmen) outside Vyborg, Russia. The park lies alon ...

is considered a jewel of the bay and a major draw for tourists. Since the mid-19th century, the bay has been connected by the Saimaa Canal to the lake Saimaa in Finland. In 1790 the bay was the scene of one of the largest naval battles in history, the Battle of Vyborg Bay with a total of 498 Russian and Swedish ships. The end of the bay is called

Zashchitnaya Bay Zashchitnaya Bay (russian: Бухта Защитная, fi, Suomenvedenpohja) is the northernmost part of Vyborg Bay. It is located adjacent to the city of Vyborg ( fi, Viipuri), Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Vyborg Bay is part of the Gulf of Finlan ...

(, . In the Middle Ages the river Vuoksi had an outlet there, which however dried up little by little due to post-glacial rebound and was left completely dry in 1857 when the Kiviniemi rapids in Losevo (russian: Лосево, fi, Kiviniemi), Karelian isthmus were formed and the Burnaya River became the main outlet of Vuoksa.

Lodochnyy Island Lodochnyy Island (russian: Остров Лодочный, Ostrov Lodochnyy) is a peninsula, and former island in Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies within Vyborg Bay, which is located near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in t ...

lies in the middle of the bay, between Vyborg and

Vysotsk Vysotsk (russian: Высо́цк; fi, Uuras; sv, Trångsund) is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, southwest of Vyborg and nor ...

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