Bolshaya Nevka River

Not to be confused with Bolshaya Neva River.
Bolshaya Nevka

View from the Grenadiers Bridge in September 2006
Native name Большая Невка
Country Russia
Location Leningrad Oblast
Basin
Main source Neva
59°57′17.1″N 30°20′25.2″E / 59.954750°N 30.340333°E / 59.954750; 30.340333
River mouth Neva Bay
59°58′45.3″N 30°13′32.8″E / 59.979250°N 30.225778°E / 59.979250; 30.225778Coordinates: 59°58′45.3″N 30°13′32.8″E / 59.979250°N 30.225778°E / 59.979250; 30.225778
Physical characteristics
Length 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Russian cruiser Aurora moored at the source of Bolshaya Nevka

The Bolshaya Nevka (Russian: Большая Невка) is an arm of the Neva that begins about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg.[1]

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References

  1. Nezhihovsky, R.A. (1988). "Voprosy gidrologii reki Nevy i Nevskoĭ guby" [Questions of hydrology of the Neva river and the Neva Bay]. Gidrometeoizdat. Leningrad: 213–215. LCCN 87116913. OL 2428838M.
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