Bay of Puck

The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (Polish: Zatoka Pucka,German: Putziger Wiek), is a shallow western branch ofthe Bay of Gdask in the southern Baltic Sea, o theshores of Gdask Pomerania, Poland. It is separated fromthe open sea by the Hel Peninsula.[1]

The bay has an average depth of 2 m (7 ft) to 6 m (20 ft).There is a shallow sand-bank fromRewa to Kunica in themiddle of Hel Peninsula. The bay, historically also knownas the Bay of Putzig (German: Putziger Wiek; Kashubian:Pck Hwinga), is available only for small shing boatsand yachts, which have to stick to the strict deeper routes.There are deposits of potassium salt below the Bay ofPuck.The main ports are Puck, Jastarnia, and Hel.

Bay of Puck and Hel Peninsula as seen from Landsatsatellite in 2000

Towns of Puck Bay and Hel Peninsula

1 Notes[1] Pucka, Zatoka. Internetowa Encyklopedia PWN (in Pol-

ish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 30 August2014.

Media related to Bay of Puck at Wikimedia CommonsCoordinates: 544000N 183500E / 54.6667N18.5833E

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