Laguna del Mort is located in the northeast of the Venice lagoon in the resort town of Lido di Jesolo. Until October 5, 1935, the year that is now called Laguna del Mort, was the last segment of the Piave River to its confluence with the Adriatic Sea. And in that day as a result of unusually high water level rises the river burst its banks and changed the direction of the current, rushing to the sea. Her new mouth turned situated 3 km south of the former, and access to the old channel was blocked with tons of mud and silt. The last stretch of the river Piave thus been deprived of the constant access to fresh water and filled only during high tide. Thus was born the Laguna del Mort.

Today the lagoon, spread over an area of ​​125 hectares, is a natural habitat for many species of seabirds. It consists of sand dunes, and its banks are covered with maritime pine, which formed a characteristic flora and fauna of the coastal ecosystem.

The main types of water plants of Laguna del Mort is sea grass and various algae. In the south-east there are overgrown with reed marshes, and the former bed of the river Piave is home to evergreen shrubs with stiff leaves and small blue or white flowers. Coastal dunes are distinguished artificially created forest composed of maritime pines, juniper, European sverbigi and sandy reeds at the water's edge.

As for the wildlife in the Laguna del Mort, here there are hares, weasels, European green toad, green lizards, smooth snakes, snakes, mallards, teals, svistuhi and Pochard. In addition, the lagoon nightingale reed warbler nest, sea plovers and striped veerohvostye warblers. Sometimes you can see the honey buzzard and red herons.

In 2011, the Laguna del Mort was named one of the 11 most beautiful beaches in Italy, according to the Italian League for Nature Conservation.