 thumb|300px|right|bay of gdaÅsk gdaÅsk bay or the bay of gdaÅsk or danzig bay (; ; , and ) is a southeastern bay of the baltic sea. it is named after the adjacent port city of gdaÅsk in poland and is sometimes referred to as a gulf. ==geography== thumb|right|gdaÅsk bay is known for its beaches. the western part of gdaÅsk bay is formed by the shallow waters of the bay of puck. the southeastern part is the vistula lagoon, separated by the vistula spit and connected to the open sea by the strait of baltiysk. the bay is enclosed by a large curve of the shores of gdaÅsk pomerania in poland (cape rozewie, hel peninsula) and the kaliningrad oblast of russia (sambian peninsula). the coast of the bay features two very long sandspits, the hel peninsula and the vistula spit. the first one defines the bay of puck, the latter one defines the vistula lagoon. the maximum depth is 120 meters, and it has a salinity of 0.7%. the major ports and coastal cities are gdaÅsk, gdynia, puck, sopot, hel, kaliningrad, primorsk, and baltiysk. the main rivers of gdaÅsk bay are the vistula and the pregolya. the bay receives the waters of the vistula directly via three branches &mdash; the leniwka, the ÅmiaÅa wisÅa, and the martwa wisÅa &mdash; and indirectly via the vistula lagoon with two branches, the nogat and the szkarpawa. ==nautic definition== by nautic definition, the bay of gdaÅsk is much larger, including also the area of the baltic sea in front of the russian exclave of kaliningrad and the lithuanian coast.the baltic sea, kattegat and skagerrak â sea areas and drainig basins == history == the bayshore was the setting of a naval bombardment during the invasion of poland (1939), the first combat action of world war ii. the bay plays a pivotal role in the american animated television series metalocalypse. ===kursenieki=== thumb|right|150px|curonian-populated area in 1649 while today the kursenieki, also known as kurÅ¡ininkai are a nearly extinct baltic ethnic group living along the curonian spit. in 1649 kurÅ¡ininkai settlement spanned from memel (klaipÄda) to danzig (gdaÅsk). the kurÅ¡ininkai were eventually assimilated by the germans, except along the curonian spit where some still live. the kurÅ¡ininkai were consi
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