FRISCHES HAFF

frisches haff, a lagoon on the baltic coast of germany, within the provinces east and west prussia, between danzig and konigsberg. it is 52 m. in length, from 4 to 12 m. broad, 332 sq. m. in area, and is separated from the baltic by a narrow spit or bank of land. this barrier was torn open by a storm in 1510, and the channel thus formed, now dredged out to a depth of 22 ft., affords a navigable passage for vessels. into the haff flow the nogat, the elbing, the passarge, the pregel and the frisching, from the last of which the name frisches haff probably arose.