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Curonian Lagoon

The Curonian Lagoon is a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the . Its surface area is 1,619 square kilometers. The Neman River supplies about 90% of its inflows; its watershed consists of about 100,450 square kilometres in and Russia's .
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: lagoon of the Baltic Sea
  • Also known as: “Courland Lagoon”, “Kurishes Gaf”, “Kursiu marios”, “Kurskiy Zaliv”, “Kyurish Gaf”, “Marės Kuršių Įlanka”, “Zaliv Kurish-Gaf”, “Zaliv Kurish-Khaff”, “Zaliv Kurishes-Khaff”, and “Zaliv Kurskij”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ventė Cape and Ventė.

Locality
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, sometimes referred to as Ventė Horn or Ventė Peninsula, is a peninsula in the Nemunas Delta, in Šilutė district, . It is known as a resting place for birds during their migration, particularly in autumn.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Suburb
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Curonian Lagoon

Latitude
55.29113° or 55° 17′ 28″ north
Longitude
21.13457° or 21° 8′ 4″ east
Open location code
9G7374RM+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 325606935
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
538562
Wiki­data ID
Q5596
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Satellite Map

Discover Curonian Lagoon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Curonian Lagoon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Koerse Haf”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة قورش”
  • Armenian: “Կուրշի ծովալճակ”
  • Basque: “Kurlandiako urmaela”
  • Belarusian: “Курская затока”
  • Belarusian: “Куршскі заліў”
  • Bosnian: “Kurski zaliv”
  • Bulgarian: “Куршски залив”
  • Catalan: “Llacuna de Curlàndia”
  • Chinese: “庫爾斯潟湖”
  • Chuvash: “Курш заливĕ”
  • Chuvash: “Курш кӳлмекĕ”
  • Croatian: “Kurski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Kuronský záliv”
  • Czech: “Kurská zátoka”
  • Czech: “Kurský záliv”
  • Czech: “Kuršský záliv”
  • Danish: “Kuriske lagune”
  • Dutch: “Koerse Haf”
  • Esperanto: “Kurona Laguno”
  • Estonian: “Kura laht”
  • Finnish: “Kuurinhaffi”
  • French: “lagune de Courlande”
  • French: “Lagune de Courlande”
  • Georgian: “კურშის ყურე”
  • German: “Kurisches Haff”
  • Greek: “Λιμνοθάλασσα της Κουρονίας”
  • Hebrew: “הלגונה הקורונית”
  • Hungarian: “Kur-öböl”
  • Indonesian: “Laguna Curonian”
  • Italian: “Laguna dei Curi”
  • Japanese: “クルシュー・ラグーン”
  • Japanese: “クルシュー潟”
  • Japanese: “クルシュ海”
  • Japanese: “クロニアン・ラグーン”
  • Japanese: “クロニア潟”
  • Korean: “쿠로니아 석호”
  • Latin: “Curonicus lacus”
  • Latvian: “Kuršu joma”
  • Lithuanian: “Kuršių marios”
  • Lithuanian: “Kuršių Marios”
  • Lithuanian: “Kuršmarės”
  • Macedonian: “Курски Залив”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den kuriske bukten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den kuriske bukta”
  • Norwegian: “Den kuriske bukten”
  • Norwegian: “Kursjskij zaliv”
  • Persian: “تالاب کورونی”
  • Polish: “Zalew Kuroński”
  • Portuguese: “Lagoa da Curlândia”
  • Portuguese: “Laguna da Curlândia”
  • Romanian: “Laguna Curlandei”
  • Russian: “Куршский залив”
  • Samogitian: “Koršiu marės”
  • Serbian: “Курски залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kurška laguna”
  • Slovak: “Kuršský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Kurlandski zaliv”
  • Slovenian: “Kuronski zaliv”
  • Slovenian: “Kurski zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Laguna de Curlandia”
  • Swedish: “Kuriska sjön”
  • Turkish: “Kurland Lagünü”
  • Turkish: “Kuron Lagünü”
  • Ukrainian: “Курська затока”
  • Ukrainian: “Куршська затока”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kurski zaliw”
  • Venetian: “Laguna de Curlandia”
  • Vietnamese: “Phá Kursh”
  • “Koršiu marės”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Curonian Lagoon”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.