- Mahala Lagoon
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45°43′N 29°47′E / 45.717°N 29.783°ECoordinates: 45°43′N 29°47′E / 45.717°N 29.783°E
Mahala Lagoon (Ukrainian: Магала, Магалевське озеро, Romanian: Lacul Mahala) is a small salty lagoon in a group of Tuzly's Lagoons. The total area is 76 га. It is located to west from the Shagany Lagoon, near the village Tryhatky, Tatarbunary Raion of Odessa Oblast. From the Shagany Lagoon it is separated by the sandbar.
The name of the lagoon has origine from Arabic mähallä, from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy".
Categories:- Saline lakes
- Geography of Ukraine
- Black Sea
- Tuzly's Lagoons
- Ukraine geography stubs
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