Mecklenburger Bucht at a glance
- 16 maverage depth
- 18 mmedian depth
- 30 mmaximum depth
- 5,020 km²water area
Mecklenburger Bucht is a bay. It is very shallow: nowhere in it is deeper than a few tens of metres in the grid. Inside its outline the GEBCO grid has about 5,020 km² of water, with an average depth of about 16 m (the middle value is 18 m) and a maximum of 30 m, found at 54.45° N, 12.19° E.
Open the map at the deepest cell and tap to read the depth.
How deep is each part of the Mecklenburger Bucht?
The bar splits the Mecklenburger Bucht's water by depth. Each colour is a depth band, and the shares add up to 100%.
- 0 to 200 m: 100%
- 200 to 1,000 m: 0%
- 1,000 to 4,000 m: 0%
- 4,000 to 6,000 m: 0%
- below 6,000 m: 0%
Named features near the deepest point: Gotland Deep (584 km), Landsort Deep (591 km), Outer Silver Pit (658 km), Coal Pit (690 km).
The Mecklenburger Bucht if sea level dropped
The slider on the map lowers the sea in steps. This table shows how much of the Mecklenburger Bucht's water would be land at each step.
| Sea level lowered by | Becomes land | Share of its water |
|---|---|---|
| 10 m | 1,261 km² | 25.1% |
| 20 m | 3,142 km² | 62.6% |
| 50 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 80 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 120 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 200 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 500 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 1,000 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 2,000 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 3,000 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 4,000 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
| 6,000 m | 5,020 km² | 100% |
A simple bathtub model: it lowers the sea everywhere by the same amount and does not simulate how water would really drain.
Nearby seas
- Kattegat average depth about 27 m
- Baltic Sea average depth about 66 m
- North Sea average depth about 78 m
- Gulf of Bothnia average depth about 55 m
- Irish Sea average depth about 52 m
- Inner Seas average depth about 80 m
Nearest by the centre of each outline. All oceans and seas
Frequently asked questions
How deep is the Mecklenburger Bucht?
On average about 16 m in the GEBCO grid (the middle value is 18 m). The deepest cell inside its outline is 30 m, at 54.45° N, 12.19° E.
How big is the Mecklenburger Bucht?
About 5,020 km² of water inside its Natural Earth outline, counted from the grid cells that are below sea level.
How much of the Mecklenburger Bucht would be land if sea level dropped?
With the sea 10 m lower, about 1,261 km² (25.1%) of its water would be land. At 6,000 m lower, 100% would be. This is a simple bathtub model that lowers the sea evenly everywhere.
Data: depths from the GEBCO_2026 grid, statistics worked out inside the Natural Earth outline of the bay. See data sources and licences. The GEBCO Grid should NOT be used for navigation or for any other purpose involving safety at sea.