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The Luga Bay (Russian: Лужская губа) is a shallow bay near the southern
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n 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 free of ice 326 days a year.
Kurgalsky Peninsula The Kurgalsky Peninsula (Russian: Кургальский полуостров) is a peninsula that divides the southern part of the Gulf of Finland into the Narva Bay (to the west) and the Luga Bay (to the east). The northernmost spot is Cape Pi ...
separates the bay from the
Bay of Narva The Narva Bay ( et, Narva laht, russian: Нарвский залив) (also the ''Gulf of Narva'' and the ''Narva Estuary'') is a bay in the southern part of the Gulf of Finland divided between Estonia and Russia. Geography The Kurgalsky P ...
to the west, while the
Soikinsky Peninsula The Soikinsky Peninsula in Kingiseppsky ...
separates it from the
Koporye Bay The Koporye Bay ( Russian: Копорская губа, ''Koporskaya Guba'') is a 12 km-long bay on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It is up to 26 km wide and 20 meters deep. The shore is low and rocky; the hinterland is w ...
to the east. The
Luga River The Luga () is a river in Novgorodsky and Batetsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast and Luzhsky, Volosovsky, Slantsevsky, and Kingiseppsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast of Russia. The river flows into the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland. It free ...
empties into the bay near
Ust-Luga Ust-Luga (russian: Усть-Луга, lit. ''mouth of the Luga'', Votian: ''Laugasuu'', lit. ''mouth of the Luga'', fi, Laukaansuu) is a settlement and railway station in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, near the Estonian border ...
. Bays of the Baltic Sea Bays of Leningrad Oblast {{LeningradOblast-geo-stub