Koporye Bay

The Koporye Bay (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: Копорская губа, ''Koporskaya Guba'') is a 12 km-long bay on the southern coast of the

Gulf of Finland The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and E ...

. It is up to 26 km wide and 20 meters deep. The shore is low and rocky; the hinterland is woody. It is part of

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...

. The only major settlement is the town of

Sosnovy Bor Sosnovy Bor (russian: Сосно́вый Бор; lit. ''pine forest (copse)'') is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Amur Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Amur Oblast bears this name: * Sosnovy Bor, Amur Oblast, a '' sel ...

. The Voronka and

Sista River Sista may refer to: *"Sister", spelled in eye dialect * Sista River, a river in Russia's Leningrad Oblast which drains into Koporye Bay *Sista Monica Parker (1956–2014), an American musician *La Sista, a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist *Sista O ...

s drain into the bay. It is named after the medieval fortress of

Koporye Koporye (russian: Копорье; Finnish: ''Kaprio''; sv, Koporje) is a historic village ('' selo'') in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located about west of St. Petersburg and south of the Koporye Bay of the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2017 w ...

which lies slightly to the south. Bays of the Baltic Sea Bays of Leningrad Oblast {{LeningradOblast-geo-stub