Hanscom Lake is located on the shore of the Azov Sea and Beysugskogo estuary, 55 km south of Yeisk, in the vicinity of villages and Yasenskaya Kopanskii. It is a vicious neprotochny small pond in fact - a lagoon separated from the estuary Beysugskogo long, narrow and low spit.

The lake is fed mainly by precipitation, the influx of rain and melt water brought by the river is clear, and the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov, which rolled across the narrow spit separating Beysugsky estuary and the Sea of ​​Azov from the Khan lake. The maximum depth of the lake 80 cm in dry years the lake dries up completely, exposing the bottom of the salt.

Lake Khanskoye famous because on his day, for example, near the mouth of the river is clear, there are deposits of mud that has healing power. Legend has it that many years ago founded the Crimean Khan lakeside fortress erected palace and took a bath in the lake mud. Probably, hence the name of the lake.