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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Bay of Wismar

The Bay of Wismar or more commonly Wismar Bay or Wismarbucht is a well sheltered multi-sectioned bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea, in , Germany, and is considered the south-central part of the much larger arm of the Baltic known as the —a long fingerlike gulf oriented to the west-southwest from the Baltic proper.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay
  • Also known as: “Wismar Bay” and “Wismarbucht”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walfisch and Fauler See - Rustwerder/Poel.

Island
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
is an uninhabited , in the in the Baltic Sea. It lies approximately 4.5 kilometres north of the city of , south of the island of .

Nature reserve
Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a nature reserve.

Nature reserve
Photo: Alma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zierow and Timmendorf.

Village
Photo: Concord, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the district, in , .

Hamlet
Photo: Vwpolonia75, CC BY 3.0.
is part of the municipality of on the Baltic Sea island of the same name in the district of in the German state of .

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

Bay of Wismar

Latitude
53.95366° or 53° 57′ 13″ north
Longitude
11.40061° or 11° 24′ 2″ east
Open location code
9F5HXC32+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316294756
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2807462
Wiki­data ID
Q531060
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Satellite Map

Discover Bay of Wismar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Bay of Wismar” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “badia de Wismar”
  • Catalan: “Badia de Wismar”
  • Catalan: “Wismarbucht”
  • Cebuano: “Wismarbucht”
  • Danish: “Wismar Bugt”
  • French: “baie de Wismar”
  • French: “Baie de Wismar”
  • German: “Wismarbucht”
  • German: “Wismarer Bucht”
  • Japanese: “ヴィスマール海岸”
  • Japanese: “ヴィスマール湾”
  • Latvian: “Vismāras līcis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vismaro įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Висмарски Залив”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Wismarska”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Wismar”
  • Swedish: “Wismarbukten”
  • Turkish: “Wismar Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Затока Вісмара”
  • Venetian: “Wismarbucht”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rustwerder and Mirrkuhl.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beach Minigolf and Marina Hafen Hohen Wieschendorf.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Must-Visit Destinations

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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 “Bay of Wismar”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.