Donuslaw
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Donuzlav Донузлав |
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| Geographical location | Crimea , Ukraine | |
| Drain | → Black Sea | |
| Places on the shore | Nowooserne , Myrnyj | |
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 20 ′ N , 33 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| Depth below sea level | 4 m below sea level | |
| surface | 48.2 km² | |
| length | 30 km | |
| width | 8.5 km | |
| Maximum depth | 27 m | |
The Donuslaw (Ukrainian and Russian Донузлав ; Crimean Tatar Doñuzlav ) is the deepest lake in the Black Sea region with a maximum depth of 27 m. The salt water lake is located in the south of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the northwest of the Crimean peninsula directly on the shores of the Black Sea .
The lake has a length of 30 km. Its width is about 8 km and the maximum depth is 27 m. After the 12 km long and 300–1000 m wide headland that separated the lake from the Black Sea was breached to a width of 200 m in 1961, the lake is connected to the sea and became an artificial bay .
The lake is a valuable wetland. Its steep, curved coastline with small indentations serves as a breeding and resting place for water birds.
The northern part of the lake and the surrounding shore were declared a nature reserve in 1947.
The urban-type settlements Nowooserne and Myrnyj lie on the shores of the lake and together with their ports form a naval base of the Ukrainian Navy .
In the course of the Crimean crisis in 2014, Russian soldiers allegedly blocked the entrance to the lake before they sank the Kara-class cruiser Ochakov there, preventing and still preventing Ukrainian warships from sailing.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Black Sea Region
- ↑ Naval Base
- ↑ Russians sink Russian submarine fighters off the Crimea. welt.de, March 7, 2014, accessed March 7, 2014 .