| Mahala Lagoon | |
|---|---|
 The Mahala Lagoon on the schematic map of the Tuzly Lagoons (#12) | |
  Mahala Lagoon | |
| Location | Black Sea |
| Coordinates | 45°43′48.3″N 29°47′37.1″E / 45.730083°N 29.793639°E |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Ukraine |
| Surface area | 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Settlements | Tryhatky |
Mahala Lagoon (Ukrainian: Магала, Магалевське озеро, Romanian: Lacul Mahala) is a small salty lagoon in the Tuzly Lagoons group, Ukraine. The total area is 76 ha. It is located west of the Shahany Lagoon, near the village of Tryhatky, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast. From the Shahany Lagoon it is separated by a sandbar.
The name of the lagoon originates from Arabic mähallä, from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy".[1]
- ^ Yanko M.P. (1998) Топонімічний словник України: Словник-довідник. Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Kyiv: Znannia, 432 с.