Kiel Bay

The northeastern part of faces Kiel Bay, the southwesternmost corner of the Baltic Sea.
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is the capital city of the German state of and a major maritime hub on the Baltic Sea. Situated at the end of the "Kieler Förde", the city has a population of roughly 250,000 and remains one of Germany's main passenger ports.

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is a city on the east coast of . The 90,000 inhabitants live around the Flensburger Förde. Its main claim to fame is that it sits on the border with Denmark, so there is lots of shopping. There are several museums too.

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is in . The region around the city of was a major centre during the Viking Age. The original Viking settlement Hedeby and the Dannevirke defensive wall are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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is in . 's main claim to fame is its position on the Kiel canal and having the longest railway bridge in Europe.

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is a city located in the Kreis of , , northern Germany. Situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, approximately 30 km north-west of , it has a population of about 23,000.

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is the district seat of the district in , , and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides.

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is a town in the region of , with a population of 16,000 inhabitants, the largest town in Plön district. is located between the Post and Lake Lankersee, which flow through the Schwentiene and the Muhlenau.

Kiel Bay

Latitude of center
54.5129° or 54° 30′ 47″ north
Longitude of center
10.5338° or 10° 32′ 2″ east
Open­Street­Map ID
way 650527840
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
6640357
Wiki­data ID
Q698126
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Kiel Bay” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kielgo badia”
  • Belarusian: “Кільская бухта”
  • Bulgarian: “Килски залив”
  • Catalan: “golf de Kiel”
  • Cebuano: “Heikendorfer Bucht”
  • Chinese: “基尔湾”
  • Chinese: “基爾灣”
  • Czech: “Kielský záliv”
  • Danish: “Kiel Bugt”
  • Danish: “Kiel-bugten”
  • Danish: “Vestlig Østersø”
  • Dutch: “Kieler Bocht”
  • Dutch: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Dutch: “Kielerbocht”
  • Esperanto: “Kila golfo”
  • Finnish: “Kielinlahti”
  • French: “baie de Kiel”
  • French: “Baie de Kiel”
  • Galician: “Baía de Kiel”
  • Georgian: “კილის უბე”
  • German: “Heikendorfer Bucht”
  • German: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ קיל”
  • Italian: “Baia di Kiel”
  • Japanese: “キール湾”
  • Korean: “킬만”
  • Latvian: “Ķīles līcis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kylio įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Килски Залив”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kiil Bocht”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kielbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiel Bugt”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kielbukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Norwegian: “Kielbukta”
  • Persian: “خلیج کیل”
  • Polish: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Kilońska”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Kiel”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Quiel”
  • Portuguese: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Russian: “Кильская бухта”
  • Slovak: “Kielska zátoka”
  • Slovenian: “Kiel Bugt”
  • Slovenian: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Slovenian: “Kielski zaliv”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Kiel”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Kiel”
  • Swedish: “Kielbukten”
  • Swedish: “Kieler Bucht”
  • Swedish: “Kielviken”
  • Turkish: “Kiel Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кільська бухта”
  • Venetian: “Baja de Kiel”
  • Welsh: “Bae Kiel”

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