Ponornytsia (Ukrainian: Понорниця; Russian: Понорница) is a rural settlement in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine.

[2] The settlement is located on the banks of the Bahachka River, in the drainage basin of the Desna.

It lies on the western border of Mezynskyi National Nature Park.

On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Ponornytsia became a rural settlement.

[5] Ponornytsia has a road access to Highway M02 which connects Kyiv with Hlukhiv and with the Russian border, as well as to Highway H27, connecting Chernihiv and Novhorod-Siverskyi.