Onega Bay Onega Bay The Onega Bay () is located in the Republic of Karelia and Arkhangelsk Oblast in Northwestern Russia, west of the city of Arkhangelsk. It is the southernmost of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea, the others being the Dvina Bay, the Mezen Bay, and the Kandalaksha Gulf. The area of the bay is . The Onega Bay is long and - wide. The average depth of the bay is , and the maximum depth is . The bay freezes in winter. Onega, Kem, and Vyg Rivers flow into the bay. The bay has numerous islands.
Salinas of the English Port loggerhead sea turtle ("Caretta caretta"). It hosts characteristic sand dune and wetland birds, including the greater hoopoe-lark ("Alaemon alaudipes"), the black-crowned sparrow lark ("Eremopterix nigriceps"), bar-tailed lark ("Ammomanes cinctura"), the sanderling ("Calidris alba") and the bar-tailed godwit ("Limosa lapponica"). It also has an important population of the Kentish plover: 50% of the total population of Cape Verde (150-300 individuals). Salinas of the English Port Salinas of the English Port () is a saline wetland in the southwestern part of the island of Maio, Cape Verde, northwest of the city Porto Inglês. It is a protected area ("Paisagem Protegida das Salinas