Siutghiol () 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'') ...

on the shores of the

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, in

Constanța County Constanța () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 684,082 and the population density was 96/km2. The degr ...

, Northern Dobruja,

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. It has a length of and a width of ; it extends over and has a maximum depth of . Ovidiu Island is a small island on the west side of the lake, from the town of

Ovidiu Ovidiu (, historical name: ''Canara'', tr, Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants of ...

. On the east side of the lake is the resort town of Mamaia, which lies on a strip of land in length and only in width, between the Black Sea and Lake Siutghiol. Insula ovidiu

Etymology

The name of the lake comes from the Turkish ''Sütgöl'', meaning "the milk lake".

References

Lakes of Constanța County Saline lakes of Europe Lagoons of Romania Important Bird Areas of Romania {{Constanţa-geo-stub