Bay of Mali Ston

Bay of Mali Ston (Croatian: Malostonski zaljev) is a bay in the Adriatic Sea, enclosed by the Pelješac peninsula and the mainland. The name primarily refers to the innermost, eastern part of the bay, while the name Channel of Mali Ston (Croatian: Malostonski kanal) is used for the channel between the peninsulas of Klek and Pelješac, in the west. The two bodies of water are located in Croatia's and partly in Bosnia and Herzegovina's territorial waters. The bay is named after the village of Mali Ston (near Ston). Its southernmost point is at the isthmus of the Pelješac peninsula, while its mouth is located roughly north of Hodilje. The Channel, in turn, extends from there to the line between Cape Blaca on Pelješac and Cape Međed on the shore, located south of Komarna. The sea to the west of the Mali Ston Channel, in-between Duba Stonska and the Neretva Delta, is called the Malo more, and further west is finally the Neretva Delta, which lies in-between Duba (Općina Slivno) and Ploče. The bay is 21 km (13 mi, 11 nmi) long and has a maximum breadth of 2.2 km (1.4 mi, 1.2 nmi) and the depth is between 7 and 28 metres (23 and 92 ft). On account of its clean waters, the bay of Mali Ston was declared a Special Natural Reserve in 1983. An area of 4821 ha is covered, from the line Sreser-Duba eastwards. The Croatian Ministry of Agriculture considers this larger body of water as the total

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