Zashchitnaya Bay
Zashchitnaya Bay is the northernmost part of Vyborg Bay. It is located adjacent to the city of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Vyborg Bay is part of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea
- Also known as: “Zaliv Suomenvedenpokh’ya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Narcissus and Väinämöinen monument.
Väinämöinen monument
Work of art
Photo: L30rus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Väinämöinen monument is a work of art.
Annenkrone
Photo: Kashak47, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Annenkrone is an early 18th century fortification in Vyborg, Russia. It is located outside the town in the island of Tverdysh. Annenkrone is situated 3½ km south of Zashchitnaya Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monrepos Park and Linnoitus.
Monrepos Park
Locality
Photo: Krimarka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mon Repos or Monrepos is an extensive English landscape park in the northern part of the rocky island of Linnasaari outside Vyborg, Karelia. The park lies along the shoreline of the Zashchitnaya inlet of Vyborg Bay and occupies about 180 hectares of land.
Linnoitus
Suburb
Photo: VCI, Public domain.
Linnoitus is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km south of Zashchitnaya Bay.
Vyborg
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vyborg is a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, near the Finnish border. It was Finland's second-largest city until World War II, when it was handed to the Soviets as war reparations.
Zashchitnaya Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Zashchitnaya Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bukhta Zashchitnaya”
- Finnish: “Suomenvedenpohja”
- French: “baie Zachtchitnaïa”
- French: “Baie Zachtchitnaïa”
- Italian: “Baia Zaščitnaja”
- Russian: “Бухта Защитная”
- Russian: “Защитная”
- Russian: “Суоменведенпохья”
- Swedish: “Suomenvedenpohja”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sorvali and Khiyetala.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Likolampi and Monrepos Park.
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