Monument to the sailors and fishermen lost at sea () is a notable modern monument and a sightseeing place in LiepÃÂja, Latvia.
The monument was designed by architect GunÃÂrs Asaris and sculptor Alberts Terpilovskis. It was built in 1977 with a funding from LBORF and the fishing kolhoz BoÃ¼à ¡eviks. The monument is located on the shore of the Baltic Sea in LiepÃÂja seaside park, at the end of Kà «rmÃÂjas Prospect. Here in the beginning of the 20th century was located Kurhaus. The monument consists of a bronze figure of a woman on 11 meter high V-shaped pedestal, covered by Saaremaa dolomite.
On 8 April 2000 a memorial plate dedicated to American pilots whose aircraft was brought down on 8 April 1950 by the USSR Air Forces near LiepÃÂja was added to the pedestal of the monument.
This monument in LiepÃÂja often is called "Crocodile" (, ), because of a resemblance to Crocodile Gena from the Soviet cartoon. The inner part of the pedestal is a popular place for taking photographs.