Šventoji
The Šventoji is a river in the northwest of Lithuania and southwest of Latvia. It begins in Skuodas district and flows for 30km on the international border between Latvia and Lithuania.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania and Latvia
- Also known as: “Robežupe”, “Schwenta”, “Shventa”, “Sventa”, “Šventa”, “Sventaja jõgi”, “Sventāja jõgi”, “Sventes upe”, “Ŝventoj‘”, “Sventoji”, “Sventoji i Latvia”, “Šventoji River”, “Аа”, “Гейлиген Аа”, “Гейлиген-Аа”, “Свента”, “Свентая”, “Святая”, “Святая Аа”, and “Швентойи”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Šventoji Lighthouse and Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star of the Seas, Šventoji.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Šventoji and Būtingė.
Būtingė
Suburb
Photo: AdisX, Public domain.
Šventoji
- Categories: river, coastal river, border river, and body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
56.02976° or 56° 1′ 47″ north
Longitude
21.06908° or 21° 4′ 9″ east
Open location code
9G8323H9+WJ
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Šventoji” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Šventoji”
- Cebuano: “Šventoji (suba sa Latvia)”
- Cebuano: “Šventoji”
- Chinese: “什文托伊河”
- Czech: “Šventoji”
- Dutch: “Šventoji”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Šventoji okcidenta”
- Esperanto: “Šventoji”
- Estonian: “Šventoji jõgi”
- Finnish: “Šventoji”
- French: “Šventoji”
- German: “Šventoji”
- Hungarian: “Šventoji”
- Irish: “Abhainn Šventoji”
- Italian: “Šventoji”
- Japanese: “シュバントイ川”
- Latvian: “Sventāja”
- Lithuanian: “Šventoji”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šventoji i Latvia”
- Portuguese: “Šventoji”
- Romanian: “Šventoji”
- Russian: “Швянтойи”
- Samogitian: “Švėntuojė”
- Slovenian: “Šventoja”
- Spanish: “Šventoji”
- Welsh: “Afon Šventoji”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Monciškė and Kalgraužiai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Padarbio Miškas and Būtingės Miškas.
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Worth a closer look: Vilnius and Kaunas.
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