Vistula Spit | |
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 Landsat photo of the Vistula Spit | |
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| Coordinates: 54°24′N 19°30′E / 54.400°N 19.500°E | |
| Location | Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia |
| Offshore water bodies | Gdańsk Bay Vistula Lagoon |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
| Largest town | Krynica Morska |
The Vistula Spit (Polish: Mierzeja Wiślana; Russian: Балтийская коса, romanized: Baltiyskaya kosa; German: Danziger Nehrung, Frische Nehrung; Low German: Dantzker Nearing) is an aeolian sand spit,[1] or peninsular stretch of land, separating Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay, in the Baltic Sea, with its tip separated from the mainland by the Strait of Baltiysk. The border between Poland (Pomeranian Voivodeship) and Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia, bisects it, politically dividing the spit into two pieces between the two countries. The westernmost geographical point of Russia is located on the Vistula Spit. The Polish part contains a number of tourist resorts, incorporated administratively as the town of Krynica Morska.
- ^ Kramarska, R Uścinowicz, S Zachowicz J and Kawińska M, Origin and evolution of the Puck Lagoon in Journal of Coastal Research Issue 22, 2005, P187