Yelnya Swamp

Yelnya Swamp
Bałota Yelnia
Балота Ельня
Map showing the location of Yelnya Swamp Bałota Yelnia Балота Ельня
Map showing the location of Yelnya Swamp Bałota Yelnia Балота Ельня
Location of Elnya Swamp
LocationVitebsk Oblast, Belarus
Coordinates55°34′33″N 27°51′53″E / 55.5758°N 27.8647°E / 55.5758; 27.8647
Area253.01 sq km[1]
Elevation139
Official nameYelnia
Designated21 October 2002
Reference no.1218[2]

Yelnya Swamp (Belarusian: Балота Ельня) is the biggest swamp complex in Belarus. The swamps cover 253.01 square kilometers and considered to be more than 9000 years old. The Landscape Reserve "Yelnya" was founded in 1968.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference walktofolk.by was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Yelnia". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ "The Landscape Reserve "Yelnya"". vetliva.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.