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 . It is split between and .
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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.

Town
is a seaport town and the administrative center of in , , located on the northern part of the , on the shore of the Strait of separating the Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay.

Locality
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is a locality.

Vistula Lagoon

Latitude
54.61366° or 54° 36′ 49″ north
Longitude
20.02845° or 20° 1′ 42″ east
Open location code
9G62J27H+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6911245160
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lagoon
Geo­Names ID
3081867
Wiki­data ID
Q5605
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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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