Bay of Puck

54.63888888888918.575Koordinaten: 54 ° 38 ' 20 " N, 18 ° 34' 30" E

As Puck Bay (Polish: Zatoka Pucka; Kashubian: Pučko Hôwinga ) is called the western, shallow section of the Gulf of Gdansk. The name of the bay is the place Puck ( German: Putzig ) back. The Baltic Sea is the Wiek foreclosed by the Hel Peninsula.

The bay has an area of ​​about 364 km ². The average water depth in this Wiek is 2 to 6 feet. At about the level of the middle of the Hel peninsula is a sand bar that extends from Rewa Cape to Kuźnica. This site is navigable only by shallow-draft boats. In the underground of the Puck Bay is a potash deposit.

The main ports are Puck, Jastarnia, and Hel (all belonging to the Polish Pomorskie voivodship ).

On the coasts of the Puck Bay settlement traces have been found which indicate that this was once the living population has maintained trade relations with the Mediterranean at least since the time of the migration. Byzantine gold coins ( solidi ), which were discovered during archaeological excavations here are, apparently passes as payment for raw amber amber or edited in this area.