Great Nevka

Not to be confused with Great Neva.

Bolshaya Nevka
View from the Grenadiers Bridge in September 2006
Etymology	diminutive of Neva
Native name	Большая Невка (Russian)
Location
Country	Russia
Location	Saint Petersburg
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Neva
• coordinates	59°57′17.1″N 30°20′25.2″E
Mouth
• location	Neva Bay
• coordinates	59°58′45.3″N 30°13′32.8″E
Length	8.5 km (5.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Chyornaya Rechka

Russian cruiser Aurora moored at the source of Great Nevka

The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka (Russian: Больша́я Не́вка) is an arm of the Neva that begins about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg.[1]

Attractions

• Bridges
  • Samson Bridge
  • Grenadiers Bridge
  • Kantemirovsky Bridge
  • Ushakovsky Bridge
  • 3rd Yelagin Bridge
• Saint Petersburg TV Tower
• Russian cruiser Aurora
• Lopukhinsky Garden
• Kamenny Island Palace
• Maritime Victory Park
• Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
• Monument to Alfred Nobel

See also

• List of bridges in Saint Petersburg

References

1. Nezhihovsky, R.A. (1988). "Voprosy gidrologii reki Nevy i Nevskoy guby" [Questions of hydrology of the Neva river and the Neva Bay]. Gidrometeoizdat. Leningrad: 213–215. LCCN 87116913. OL 2428838M.