Kalamita Bay

Kalamita Bay
Kalamita Bay
Kalamita Bay
LocationBlack Sea
Coordinates45°03′00″N 33°28′00″E / 45.05000°N 33.46667°E / 45.05000; 33.46667
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Basin countriesRussia/Ukraine
Max. length13 km (8.1 mi)
Max. width41 km (25 mi)
Average depth30 m (98 ft)
Salinity'

Kalamita Bay (Russian: Каламитский залив, Ukrainian: Каламітська затока, Crimean Tatar: Kalamita körfezi, Каламита корьфези), also known as Gulf of Kalamita, is a bay and a gulf in the Black Sea south of Yevpatoria, Crimea. Kalamita was likewise a name used for Inkerman.

For a 24 km arch east from Cape Karantinny approximately following a geological fault, Yevpatoria Bay forms an arm of Kalamita Bay with a change of current direction from the main bay.