Preila
Preila is a settlement in the Neringa Municipality, Lithuania. It is located on the Preila Bay of the Curonian Lagoon). Preila is situated about 2 kilometres away from the Baltic Sea and 6 kilometres north of Nida, which is a popular tourist destination.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 205 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Preil”, “Preilai”, “Preyla”, and “Preylya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karvaičiai Dune and Vecekrugas Dune.
Vecekrugas Dune
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vecekrugas Dune also called the Vecekrugas Hill is a forested dune on the Curonian Spit, Lithuania 1.5 kilometres south of Preila. At the height of about 67.2 metres over the sea level, it is the highest dune on the spit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pervelkos Ragas and Pervalka.
Pervelkos Ragas
Locality
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pervelkos Ragas is a locality, which is situated 4 km northeast of Preila.
Pervalka
Suburb
Photo: ThomasPusch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pervalka is a small settlement located on the Curonian Spit in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. Administratively, it is part of the city of Neringa. It is located 5 km north from Preila and 15 km south of Juodkrantė on the shoreline of the Pervalka Bay. Pervalka is situated 5 km northeast of Preila.
Purvynė
Suburb
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Purvynė is a suburb, which is situated 6 km southwest of Preila.
Preila
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Neringa Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.37094° or 55° 22′ 15″ northLongitude
21.06255° or 21° 3′ 45″ eastPopulation
205Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9G7393C7+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 32445757OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
595608Wikidata ID
Q145508
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Preila” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Preila”
- Czech: “Preila”
- Dutch: “Preila”
- Esperanto: “Preila”
- Estonian: “Preila”
- Finnish: “Preila”
- German: “Preila”
- Irish: “Preila”
- Japanese: “プレイラ”
- Latvian: “Preila”
- Lithuanian: “Preila”
- Russian: “Прейла”
- Samogitian: “Preila”
- Slovak: “Preila”
- Swedish: “Preila”
- “Preila”
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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 “Preila”. Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.