Vyborg Bay  Vyborg Bay (Gulf of Finland)  Vyborg Bay (Baltic Sea)   Vyborg Bay (Russian: Выборгский залив; Finnish: Viipurinlahti; Swedish: Viborgska viken) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The Russian city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf.[1] Since the mid-19th century, the bay has been connected by the Saimaa Canal to the lake Saimaa in Finland.[2] In 1790, the bay was the scene of one of the largest naval battles in history, the Battle of Vyborg Bay, with a total of 498 Russian and Swedish ships.[3] The end of the bay is called Zashchitnaya Bay (Russian: бухта Защитная, Finnish: Suomenvedenpohja.) In the Middle Ages, the river Vuoksi had an outlet there, which dried up little by little due to post-glacial rebound and was left completely dry in 1857 when the Kiviniemi rapids in Losevo (Russian: Лосево, Finnish: Kiviniemi), Karelian isthmus were formed and the Burnaya River became the main outlet of Vuoksa.[4] Lodochnyy Island lies in the middle of the bay, between Vyborg and Vysotsk.[1] See also60°35′N 28°31′E / 60.583°N 28.517°E
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