Vistula Spit
The Vistula Spit is an aeolian sand spit, or peninsular stretch of land, separating Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay, in the Baltic Sea, with its tip separated from the mainland by the Strait of Baltiysk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Spit
- Description: peninsular stretch of land in the Baltic Sea on the border between Russia and Poland
- Also known as: “Baltiskaya Kosa”, “Frish Nerung”, “Frishe Nerung”, “Kosa Baltijskaja”, “Kosa Frishe-Nerung”, “Mierzeja Fryska”, “Mierzeja Wiślana”, “Vislinskaya Kosa”, “Vistula Peninsula”, “Vistula Spit (Poland)”, and “Балтийская коса”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nowa Karczma and Narmeln.
Nowa Karczma
Suburb
Photo: Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nowa Karczma is a neighborhood of Krynica Morska on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland, located in the eastern part of the town.
Narmeln
Locality
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Narmeln, alternatively known as Polski, is an abandoned village in Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Vistula Spit, on the border with Poland, the westernmost point of Russia. Narmeln is situated 8 km northeast of Vistula Spit.
Krynica Morska
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Krynica Morska is a resort town and coextensive municipality on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland with 1,172 inhabitants as of 2023. It has been part of Nowy Dwór Gdański County in Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Vistula Spit
- Categories: peninsula, spit, and landform
- Location: Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Vistula Spit” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Vistula Spit”
- Azerbaijani: “Baltik dili”
- Azerbaijani: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Azerbaijani: “Балтийская коса”
- Belarusian: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Belarusian: “Балтийская коса”
- Belarusian: “Балтыйская каса”
- Bulgarian: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Bulgarian: “Балтийская коса”
- Bulgarian: “Висленска коса”
- Catalan: “Cordó del Vístula”
- Catalan: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Cebuano: “Baltiyskaya Kosa”
- Cebuano: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Chinese: “維斯圖拉沙嘴”
- Chinese: “維斯瓦沙嘴”
- Chinese: “维斯图拉沙嘴”
- Croatian: “Vislanska prevlaka”
- Czech: “Mierzeja Wiślana (poloostrov)”
- Czech: “Viselská kosa”
- Czech: “Балтийская коса”
- Danish: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Danish: “Wisłalandtangen”
- Dutch: “Wislaschoorwal”
- Estonian: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Estonian: “Wisła maasäär”
- Finnish: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Finnish: “Veikselin kynnäs”
- Finnish: “Veikselinkynnäs”
- French: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- French: “Presqu’île de la Vistule”
- French: “presque’île de la Vistule”
- German: “Frische Nehrung”
- German: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Hebrew: “לשון חול ויסלה”
- Indonesian: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Italian: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Italian: “Promontorio della Vistola”
- Japanese: “ヴィストゥラ潟”
- Japanese: “ヴィストゥラ砂嘴”
- Japanese: “ヴィスワ砂嘴”
- Japanese: “ヴィスワ砂州”
- Korean: “비스툴라곶”
- Latin: “Paeninsula Venedica”
- Latvian: “Vislas strēle”
- Lithuanian: “Aismarių nerija”
- Lithuanian: “Aistmarių nerija”
- Macedonian: “Вислански Провлак”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wisłaneset”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wisłaneset”
- Norwegian: “Wisłaneset”
- Persian: “زبانه ویستولا”
- Polish: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Polish: “Балтийская коса”
- Portuguese: “Cordão do Vístula”
- Romanian: “cordonul litoral al Vistulei”
- Russian: “Балтийская коса”
- Russian: “Балтийская Коса”
- Russian: “Вислинская коса”
- Russian: “Вислинская Коса”
- Santali: “ᱵᱷᱤᱥᱛᱩᱞᱟ ᱥᱯᱤᱴ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Baltička kosa”
- Slovak: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Slovak: “Vislianska kosa”
- Slovak: “Балтийская коса”
- Slovenian: “Vislanska kosa”
- Spanish: “Cordon del Vistula”
- Spanish: “Cordón del Vístula”
- Spanish: “Mierzeja Wiślana”
- Swedish: “Frische Nehrung”
- Turkish: “Vistül Kordonu”
- Ukrainian: “Віслинська коса”
- Vietnamese: “Mũi nhô Vistula”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Łysica and Różaniec.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gora Lesnaya and Krynica Morska.
Poland: Must-Visit Destinations
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