Venetian Lagoon

Venetian Lagoon
Aerial view of the Venetian Lagoon, showing many of the islands including Venice itself, center rear, with the bridge to the mainland
Venetian Lagoon
Location	Venice, Veneto, Italy
Coordinates	45°24′47″N 12°17′50″E / 45.41306°N 12.29722°E / 45.41306; 12.29722
Primary outflows	Adriatic Sea
Basin countries	Italy
Surface area	550 square kilometres (210 sq mi)
Average depth	10.5 metres (34 ft)
Max. depth	21.5 metres (71 ft)
Surface elevation	3 m (9.8 ft)
Settlements	Venice, Campagna Lupia, Cavallino-Treporti, Chioggia, Codevigo, Jesolo, Mira, Musile di Piave, Quarto d'Altino, San Donà di Piave
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Laguna di Venezia: Valle Averto
Designated	11 April 1989
Reference no.	423[1]

The Venetian Lagoon (Italian: Laguna di Venezia; Venetian: Łaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Italian and Venetian languages, Laguna Veneta—cognate of Latin lacus, "lake"—has provided the English name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of salt water, a lagoon.