Latitude and longitude of Obvodny Canal
- Nearby Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Satellite map of Obvodny Canal
Obvodny Canal (Russian: Обводный канал, lit. Bypass Canal) is the longest canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which in the 19th century served as the southern limit of the city. It is 8 kilometres (5 mi) long and flows from the Neva River near Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Yekaterinhofka not far from the sea port. The canal was dug in 1769–80 and 1805–33. By the late 19th century with the Industrial Revolution it had effectively become a sewer collecting wastewater of adjacent industrial enterprises. Eventually the canal became shallow and no longer navigable.
Latitude: 59° 55' 11.28" N
Longitude: 30° 23' 54.60" E