The 23rd July Lake or Benghazi Lake ( ar, بحيرة بنغازي أو بحيرة 23 يوليو) is a

lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...

located between Benghazi's downtown, and the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...

Port of Benghazi. It covers an area of approximately 100 hectares (about 1,000,000 square metres).

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Lakes of Libya Benghazi {{Libya-geo-stub