Kaunas Reservoir
Kaunas Reservoir is the largest Lithuanian artificial lake, created in 1959 by damming the Nemunas River near Kaunas and Rumšiškės. It occupies 63.5 square kilometers, which is about 0.1% of the total territory of Lithuania.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Kaunas Sea”, “Kaunas-Meer”, “Kaunaská vodní nádrž”, “Kaunaško jezero”, “Kaunaslagunen”, “Kaunasská priehrada”, “Kaunasskoye More”, and “Kauno jūra”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kalniškių conglomerate and Žiegždrių piliakalnis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Žiegždriai and Laumėnai.
Šlienava
Village
Kaunas Reservoir
- Categories: Natura 2000 site and body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.88333° or 54° 53′ north
Longitude
24.08333° or 24° 5′ east
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
Open location code
9G66V3MM+88
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Kaunas Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kaunasko urtegia”
- Chinese: “考納斯水庫”
- Chinese: “考那斯水庫”
- Croatian: “Kaunsko jezero”
- Czech: “Kaunaská přehrada”
- Dutch: “Kauno marios”
- Esperanto: “la kaŭna maro”
- German: “Kauener Stausee”
- German: “Kaunasser Stausee”
- Latvian: “Kauņas jūra”
- Latvian: “Kauņas ūdenskrātuve”
- Lithuanian: “Kauno marios”
- Macedonian: “Каунаско Езеро”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaunassjøen”
- Polish: “Zbiornik Kowieński”
- Romanian: “Kauno marios”
- Russian: “Каунасское водохранилище”
- Samogitian: “Kauna marės”
- Slovak: “Kaunaská priehrada”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Kaunas”
- Ukrainian: “Каунаське водосховище”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Vieškūnai and Samylai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Žiegždrių Miškas and Laumėnų Miškas.
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Worth a closer look: Vilnius and Kaunas.
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