Venta River
The Venta is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia. Its source is near Kuršėnai in the Lithuanian Šiauliai County. It flows into the Baltic Sea at Ventspils in Latvia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Latvia and Lithuania
- Also known as: “Vanta”, “Venta”, “Windau”, “Windau River”, and “Windawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include North ldg. line front light beacon and Ventspils Castle.
North ldg. line front light beacon
Lighthouse
Photo: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North ldg. line front light beacon is a lighthouse.
Ventspils Castle
Castle
Photo: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ventspils Castle is located in Ventspils, in the Courland region of Latvia. It is one of the oldest and most well-preserved Livonian Order castles remaining, in that it has retained its original layout since the 13th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tārgale.
Tārgale
Village
Tārgale is a village at the centre of the Tārgale Parish of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is situated by the P122 road 13 km from the county council in Ventspils and 185 km from Riga. Tārgale is situated 9 km southeast of Venta River.
Venta River
- Categories: river, border river, and body of water
- Location: Ventspils, Kurzeme, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Venta River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Venta River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Venta”
- Armenian: “Վենտա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Venta”
- Belarusian: “Вэнта”
- Belarusian: “Вянта”
- Belarusian: “Рака Вэнта”
- Bengali: “ভেন্টা”
- Breton: “Venta (stêr)”
- Breton: “Venta”
- Bulgarian: “Вента”
- Catalan: “Venta”
- Cebuano: “Venta”
- Chinese: “文塔河”
- Croatian: “Venta”
- Czech: “Venta”
- Danish: “Venta”
- Dutch: “Venta”
- Esperanto: “Venta (rivero)”
- Esperanto: “Venta”
- Estonian: “Venta jõgi”
- Finnish: “Venta”
- French: “Venta”
- Georgian: “ვენტა”
- German: “Venta”
- German: “Windau”
- Hebrew: “ונטה”
- Hungarian: “Venta”
- Irish: “Venta”
- Italian: “Venta”
- Japanese: “ヴェンタ川”
- Japanese: “ベンタ川”
- Japanese: “ベンタ河”
- Ladin: “Venta”
- Latin: “Wela”
- Latin: “Winda”
- Latvian: “Venta”
- Lithuanian: “Venta”
- Liv: “Vǟnta joug”
- Macedonian: “Вента”
- Northern Frisian: “Venta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Venta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Venta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windawa”
- Norwegian: “Venta”
- Persian: “رود ونتا”
- Persian: “ونتا”
- Polish: “Wenta”
- Polish: “Windawa”
- Romanian: “Venta”
- Russian: “Вента”
- Russian: “Виндава”
- Russian: “Вянта”
- Samogitian: “Vėnta”
- Serbian: “Вента”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Venta”
- Slovak: “Venta”
- Slovenian: “Venta”
- South Azerbaijani: “ونتا چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Venta”
- Spanish: “Río Venta”
- Spanish: “Venta”
- Swedish: “Venta”
- Turkish: “Venta Nehri”
- Turkish: “Venta”
- Ukrainian: “Вента”
- Uzbek: “Venta”
- Venetian: “Fiume Venta”
- “Vėnta”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gāliņciems and Pārventa.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ventspils Ziemeļu Front Range Light and Ventspils Loču Tornis.
Kurzeme: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Liepāja, Kuldīga, and Slīteres National Park.
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