Kuialnyk Estuary

Kuialnyk Estuary
The view of the estuary
Location of estuary in Ukraine
Location of estuary in Ukraine
Kuialnyk Estuary
LocationUkraine
Coordinates46°38′N 30°43′E / 46.633°N 30.717°E / 46.633; 30.717
Typehypersaline estuary
Primary inflowsVelykyi Kuialnyk
Basin countriesUkraine
Max. length28 km (17 mi)
Max. width3 km (1.9 mi)
Surface area56–60 km2 (22–23 sq mi)
Average depth3 m (9.8 ft)
SettlementsOdesa

Kuialnyk Estuary (Ukrainian: Куяльницький лиман, Crimean Tatar: Kuyanlık), formerly known as Andriivskyi Lyman, is an estuary of the Velykyi Kuialnyk on the northwest coast of the Black Sea, one of the group of Odesa estuaries, located north of Odesa. The name comes from Crimean Tatar "kuyanlık," meaning thick.