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Bay of Puck

Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (Polish: Zatoka Pucka) is a shallow western part of the Bay of Gdansk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Polish land of Gdansk Pomerania. It is separated from the open sea by the Hel Peninsula.

Average depth is 2-6 metres and there is also a shallow sand-bank from Rewa Cape to Kuznica in the middle of Hel Peninsula. The bay is available only for small fisher boats and yacht, which has to sticj to the strict deeper routes.

Main ports are: Puck, Jastarnia and Hel.

There are deposits of the potassium salt below the Bay of Puck.

Last updated: 02-24-2005 04:23:48