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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Kaunasskoye More”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kalniškių conglomerate and Žiegždrių piliakalnis.
Kalniškių conglomerate
Scenic viewpoint
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Kalniškių conglomerate is a scenic viewpoint.
Žiegždrių piliakalnis
Archaeological site
Photo: Tocekas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Žiegždrių piliakalnis is an archaeological site.
Žiegždriai exposure
Scenic viewpoint
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Žiegždriai exposure is a scenic viewpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Žiegždriai and Laumėnai.
Šlienava
Village
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Šlienava is a village in Kaunas district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 1,615 people.
Kaunas Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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: “Kaunaško jezero”
- Croatian: “Kaunsko jezero”
- Czech: “Kaunaská přehrada”
- Czech: “Kaunaská vodní nádrž”
- Czech: “Kauno marios”
- Dutch: “Kauno marios”
- Esperanto: “la kaŭna maro”
- German: “Kaunas-Meer”
- German: “Kaunasser Meer”
- German: “Kaunasser Stausee”
- Latvian: “Kauņas jūra”
- Latvian: “Kauņas ūdenskrātuve”
- Lithuanian: “Kauno jūra”
- Lithuanian: “Kauno marios”
- Macedonian: “Каунаско Езеро”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaunaslagunen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaunassjøen”
- Polish: “Zbiornik Kowieński”
- Russian: “Каунасское водохранилище”
- Samogitian: “Kauna marės”
- Slovak: “Kaunaská priehrada”
- Slovak: “Kaunasská priehrada”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Kaunas”
- Ukrainian: “Каунаське водосховище”
- “Kauna marės”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Žiegždrių Miškas and Laumėnų Miškas.
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