Matsalu Bay
Matsalu Bay is a bay in Lääne County, Estonia; the bay is part of Väinameri. The bay's area is 67 km2. The bay and its coast area is under protection. The bay is one of the most important wetland bird areas in Europe, due to its prime position on the East Atlantic Flyway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Estonia
- Also known as: “Matsal Gulf”, “Matsalas Līcis”, “Matsalu-Lakht”, “Mattsal’skiy Zaliv”, “Matzal-Wiek”, “Zaliv Matsalu”, “Zaliv Matsalu-Lakht”, “Zaliv Mattsal’”, and “Zaliv Matzalyu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matsalu National Park.
Matsalu National Park
Photo: Abrget47j, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Matsalu National Park is a nature reserve and national park in the Lääne and Pärnu counties of Estonia. Matsalu National Park spans an area of 486.1 km2, comprising Matsalu Bay, the Kasari River delta, the village of Matsalu and surrounding areas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metsküla.
Metsküla
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Metsküla is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia.
Matsalu Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lääne, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.75781° or 58° 45′ 28″ northLongitude
23.60068° or 23° 36′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9GC5QJ52+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 4419013125OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
590303Wikidata ID
Q1294829
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Swedish—“Matsalu Bay” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Матсалускі заліў”
- Bulgarian: “Матсалу”
- Cebuano: “Matsalu Laht”
- Chinese: “馬察盧灣”
- Croatian: “Zaljev Matsalu”
- Dutch: “Baai van Matsalu”
- Estonian: “Matsalu laht”
- Finnish: “Matsalunlahti”
- German: “Matsalubucht”
- Hungarian: “Matsalui-öböl”
- Japanese: “マッツァル湾”
- Latvian: “Matsalu līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Matsalu įlanka”
- Russian: “Матсалуский залив”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaljev Matsalu”
- Swedish: “Matsalu Laht”
- Swedish: “Matsalviken”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kiideva and Saardu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Väike Munarahu and Kiideva Marina.
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