Piaśnica
Piaśnica is a stream in Pomorskie, Poland. Piaśnica is situated nearby to the village Czymanowo, as well as near Kartoszyno.Places of Interest
Highlights include Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station and Lake Żarnowiec.
Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station
Industrial building
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The Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage power station located about 7 km south of Żarnowiec, in Puck County, northern Poland. It was constructed between 1973 and 1983 and underwent a modernisation between 2007 and 2011, with the upper reservoir reconstructed in 2006.
Lake Żarnowiec
Lake
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Lake Żarnowiec is located in the Pomorze Voivodeship. It is 7.6 km long, 2.6 km wide and has a depth of 16 m. The river Piaśnica cuts through it. The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was supposed to be built next to it. Lake Żarnowiec is situated 3½ km northwest of Piaśnica.
Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant
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The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was to be the first nuclear power plant in Poland. The construction was cancelled due to changes in the economic and political situation in Poland, in the Soviet Union and in the Eastern Bloc and due to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the following years.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Czymanowo and Kartoszyno.
Czymanowo
Village
Czymanowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniewino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Kartoszyno
Village
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Kartoszyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Nadole
Village
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Nadole is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gniewino, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. There are in this village the Peasant and Fisherman's Farmsteads.
Piaśnica
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Piasnica” and “Piaśnica River”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Pomorskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.73115° or 54° 43′ 52″ northLongitude
18.08721° or 18° 5′ 14″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9F6WP3JP+FVGeoNames ID
3089188
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