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Malyi Sasyk Lagoon

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Location
  
Black Sea

Basin countries
  
Ukraine

Area
  
236 ha

Ocean/sea sources
  
Atlantic Ocean

Surface area
  
2.36 km (0.91 sq mi)

Ocean/sea source
  
Atlantic Ocean

Malyi Sasyk Lagoon

Malyi Sasyk Lagoon, or Small Sasyk (Ukrainian: Малий Сасик, Romanian: Sasicul Mic), is a salty lagoon in the Tuzly Lagoons group in Tatarbunary Raion of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It is located to south from the Shahany Lagoon. The total area of the lagoon is 2.36 km². The lagoon is connected with the Dzhantshey Lagoon in south.

Map of Malyi Sasik Lake, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

The touristic village Rasseyka is located on the north-west coast of the lagoon. The lagoon is separated from the Black Sea and also from the Shahany Lagoon by the sandbar with the marine beaches. The continental coast is connected with the sandbar by 6 bridges.

The water body is included into the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.

References

Malyi Sasyk Lagoon Wikipedia