Bay; Бухта; Laht; Poukama, lahdenpoukama

(1) Small indentation ~gulf, separated by capes or islands from main reservoir and possesing specific quality of inner hydrodynamic mode; (2) Synonym of small shallow-water gulf, often just far into the land or partially separated from the open sea (3) A large tract of water that penetrates into the land and around which the land forms a broad curve. By international agreement (for purposes of delimiting territorial waters), a bay is a water body having a baymouth less than 24 nautical miles wide and an area that is equal to or greater than the area of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the width of the baymouth.(Glossary of Geology)