Minija
The Minija is a river in western Lithuania and a right tributary to the Nemunas. It is 202 km long. It begins from small Lake Didovas, and hydrographically from lake Sydeklis, 14 km south of Telšiai.Photo: Algėrds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania, right-side tributary of Atmata
- Also known as: “Intaka Minja”, “Kliurkė”, “Mava”, “Minė”, “Minija River”, “Miniya”, and “Reka Min’ya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Uostadvaris Lighthouse and Krokų lanka Watchtower.
Uostadvaris Lighthouse
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Uostadvaris Lighthouse is a lighthouse located 12 kilometres north of Rusnė, in Lithuania. The lighthouse is located on southern side of the Atmata River, one of the mouths of the Nemunas Delta, on the coast of the Curonian Spit.
Krokų lanka Watchtower
Wildlife hide
Photo: Fry72, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Krokų lanka Watchtower is a wildlife hide, which is situated 3½ km north of Minija.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minija and Uostadvaris.
Minija
Village
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minija or Mingė is a small fishermen's village in Šilutė District Municipality in western Lithuania on Minija river, and is part of Nemunas Delta Regional Park.
Pakalnė
Village
Photo: Hugo.arg, Public domain.
Pakalnė is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Minija.
Minija
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Šilutė District Municipality, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Minija” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mava”
- Asturian: “Ríu Minija”
- Azerbaijani: “Minija”
- Basque: “Minija”
- Belarusian: “Мінія”
- Bulgarian: “Миния”
- Catalan: “Minija”
- Cebuano: “Minija”
- Chinese: “米尼亚河”
- Chinese: “米尼亞河”
- Chuvash: “Миния”
- Czech: “Kliurke”
- Czech: “Kliurkė”
- Czech: “Mava”
- Czech: “Minija”
- Dutch: “Mava”
- Dutch: “Minija”
- Estonian: “Mava”
- Estonian: “Minija”
- French: “Mava”
- French: “Minija”
- Georgian: “მინიია (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “მინიია”
- German: “Kliurkė”
- German: “Mava”
- German: “Minija”
- Irish: “Minija”
- Japanese: “ミニヤ”
- Kazakh: “Миния (өзен)”
- Kazakh: “Миния”
- Ladin: “Minija”
- Latvian: “Minija”
- Lithuanian: “Kliurkė”
- Lithuanian: “Mava”
- Lithuanian: “Minija”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Minija”
- Polish: “Minia”
- Polish: “Minija”
- Russian: “Миния”
- Samogitian: “Mava”
- Samogitian: “Mėnėjė”
- Samogitian: “Minėjė”
- Samogitian: “Minija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Minija (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Minija”
- Spanish: “Mava”
- Spanish: “Minge”
- Spanish: “Minija”
- Spanish: “Rio Minija”
- Spanish: “Río Minija”
- Ukrainian: “Мінія”
- “Mėnėjė”
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