Vistula Lagoon
The Vistula Lagoon is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 56 miles long, 6 to 15 miles wide, and up to 17 feet deep, separated from the Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It is split between Poland and Russia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea, on the Polish border with Russia
- Also known as: “Friesches Haven”, “Frishgaf”, “Kaliningradskiy Zaliv, Gulf of Kaliningrad, Frisches Haff”, “Vislinski Zaliv”, “Vislinskij Zaliv”, “Zalew Fryski”, “Zalew Fryskialbo Wiślany”, “Zaliv Frish”, “Zaliv Frish Gaf”, “Zaliv Frishes Gaf”, and “Zaliv Frishes-Khaff”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baltiysk and Moskovskoye.
Baltiysk
Town
Photo: Елена Николаевна Р, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baltiysk is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the northern part of the Vistula Spit, on the shore of the Strait of Baltiysk separating the Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay.
Vistula Lagoon
- Categories: geographical feature, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.61366° or 54° 36′ 49″ northLongitude
20.02845° or 20° 1′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9G62J27H+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6911245160OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayOpenStreetMap feature
water=lagoon
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Vistula Lagoon” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Llaguna del Vístula”
- Basque: “Vistulako itsas aintzira”
- Belarusian: “Калінінградзкая затока”
- Belarusian: “Калінінградскі заліў”
- Belarusian: “Каралявецкая затока”
- Bulgarian: “Висленски залив”
- Bulgarian: “Вислински залив”
- Bulgarian: “Калининградски залив”
- Catalan: “llacuna del Vístula”
- Catalan: “Llacuna del Vístula”
- Cebuano: “Vislinskiy Zaliv”
- Chinese: “维斯图拉潟湖”
- Chuvash: “Калининград кӳлмекĕ”
- Croatian: “Vislanski zaljev”
- Czech: “Kaliningradský záliv”
- Czech: “Viselský záliv”
- Czech: “Vislanský záliv”
- Danish: “Wisłabugten”
- Dutch: “Wislahaf”
- Esperanto: “Vistula Laguno”
- Estonian: “Wisła laht”
- Finnish: “Veikselinhaffi”
- French: “lagune de la Vistule”
- French: “Lagune de la Vistule”
- German: “Frisches Haff”
- Greek: “Λιμνοθάλασσα του Βιστούλα”
- Hebrew: “לגונת ויסטולה”
- Italian: “Baia della Vistola”
- Italian: “Golfo della Vistola”
- Italian: “Laguna della Vistola”
- Japanese: “ヴィストゥラ潟湖”
- Japanese: “ヴィスワ・ラグーン”
- Japanese: “ヴィスワ潟”
- Japanese: “ヴィスワ潟湖”
- Japanese: “フリシェス潟”
- Korean: “비스툴라 석호”
- Latin: “Recens lacus”
- Latvian: “Vislas līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Aismarės”
- Lithuanian: “Aistmarės”
- Macedonian: “Вислански Залив”
- Macedonian: “Калининградски Залив”
- Northern Frisian: “Frisk Hääf”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wisłalagunen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wisłalagunen”
- Norwegian: “Wisłalagunen”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Estmere”
- Persian: “تالاب ویستولا”
- Polish: “Zalew Wiślany”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa do Vístula”
- Romanian: “Laguna Vistula”
- Russian: “Вислинский залив”
- Russian: “Калининградский залив”
- Russian: “Фришгаф”
- Santali: “ᱵᱷᱤᱥᱛᱩᱞᱟ ᱞᱟᱜᱩᱱ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vislanska laguna”
- Slovak: “Kaliningradský záliv”
- Slovak: “Vislanský záliv”
- Slovenian: “laguna Visle”
- Spanish: “Laguna del Vistula”
- Spanish: “Laguna del Vístula”
- Swedish: “Frisches Haff”
- Turkish: “Vistül Lagünü”
- Ukrainian: “Віслинська затока”
- Ukrainian: “Калінінградська затока”
- Uzbek: “Visla qoʻltigʻi”
- Venetian: “Laguna del Vístula”
- Vietnamese: “Phá Vistula”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Севастопольский and Комсомольский.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sevastopol’skaya Gavan Entrance N side and Sevastopol’skaya Gavan Entrance S side.
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