What is Lagos Lagoon?
{{Infobox lake | name = Lagos Lagoon | image = LagosLagoon.jpg | caption = Lagos Lagoon in 2007 | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = [[Lagos State|Lagos State, Nigeria]] | coords = {{coord|6.5015814|3.5224915|region:NG-LA_type:waterbody |display=inline,title}} | type = [[lagoon]] | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = [[Nigeria]] | length = {{convert|50|km|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|13|km|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|6,354.7|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}} | frozen = | islands = [[Lagos Island]], [[Victoria Island (Nigeria)|Victoria Island]] | cities = [[Lagos]] | reference = }} <!-- end of Infobox lake --> '''Lagos Lagoon''' is a [[lagoon]] in Nigeria. It is named after the city of [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. The city is on the southwestern side of the lagoon. ==Description== The lagoon is more than {{convert|50|km|abbr=off}} long. It is {{convert|3|to|13|km|abbr=off}} wide. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a long sand spit {{convert|2 |to |5|km|abbr=off}} wide. The sand spit has swampy margins on the lagoon side. The lagoon's surface area is about {{convert|6,354.7|km2|abbr=off}}.<ref>[http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc04/docs/pap1579.pdf Lagos Lagoon Coastal Profile: Information Database For Planning Theory], by Obafemi McArthur Okusipe, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Lagos - Accessed September 22, 2008</ref> It is fairly shallow. Ocean-going [[ship]]s don't go through it. Smaller [[barge]]s and [[boat]]s do. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Bodies of water of Nigeria]] [[Category:Lagoons]]