Malyi Sasyk Lagoon, or Small Sasyk ( uk, Малий Сасик, ro, Sasicul Mic), is a salty

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 ...

in the

Tuzly Lagoons Tuzly Lagoons ( ua, Тузловські лимани, ro, Limanele Tuzlei) are a group of marine lagoons (liman (landform), limans) in southern Bessarabia (Budjak), Ukraine. The lagoons are part of the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, proclai ...

group in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast,

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. It is located to south from the

Shahany Lagoon Shahany Lagoon ( uk, Шагани, ro, Şagani, tr, Çagani Gölü) is a salty lagoon on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine in Tatarbunary Raion of Odessa Oblast. The lagoon is in the complex of Tuzly Lagoons, connected with the Alibey Lagoon. The ...

. The total area of the lagoon is 2.36 km². The lagoon is connected with the Dzhantshey Lagoon in south. The touristic village of Rasseyka is located on the north-west coast of the lagoon. The lagoon is separated from the

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and also from the Shahany Lagoon by the

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with the marine beaches. The continental coast is connected with the sandbar by 6 bridges. The water body is included into the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.

Sources

* Starushenko L.I., Bushuyev S.G. (2001) ''Prichernomorskiye limany Odeschiny i ih rybohoziaystvennoye znacheniye''. Astroprint, Odesa, 151 pp. Tuzly Lagoons {{BlackSea-stub