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The Curonian Spit stretches from the Sambia Peninsula on the south to its northern tip next to a narrow strait, across which is the port city of Klaipėda on the Lithuanian mainland. The northern 52 km (32 mi) long stretch of the Curonian Spit peninsula lies in Klaipėda County , Lithuania, while the rest is part of Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia.
Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuanian: Kuršių nerijos nacionalinis parkas) is one of the five national parks in Lithuania. It was established in 1991 to protect the unique ecosystems of the Curonian Spit and Curonian Lagoon. Curonian Spit National Park is protected by the state, under the Lithuanian law of Protected Areas.
The Curonian Spit is the second longest spit in the world, after the 110-km long Arabat Spit in the Sea of Azov. The park follows the spit from the Sambian Peninsula in the south to the border with Lithuania about 40 km north; its width varies from 0.4 to 4 km. [ 3 ] The water in the lagoon averages 3.7 meters in depth, and the water level of ...
The Kursenieki are also sometimes known as Curonians. Curonian lands by the start of 13th century. The Curonians or Kurs (Latvian: kurši; Lithuanian: kuršiai) were a medieval Baltic [1] tribe living on the shores of the Baltic Sea in the 5th–16th centuries, in what are now western parts of Latvia and Lithuania.
Curonian Spit National Park might refer to one of the national parks on the Curonian Spit: Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania) in the north;
The East Curonian Upland consists of a broad bedrock uplift under a relatively thin cover of Quaternary rock. [3] This highland differs from most highlands in Latvia by its weak relief articulation. It is divided into five natural areas: the Abava Valley, the Varme depression [ lv ] , the Saldus hills [ lv ] , the Spārne undulating plain [ lv ...
Curonian Spit* Neringa and Klaipėda district: 2000 994; v (cultural) The Curonian Spit, a 98-kilometre (61 mi) long sandy dune (a spit) that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea, has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Intense logging activities in the 17th and 18th centuries resulted in the dunes moving towards the Lagoon ...
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; Prussian: Kursjanmari, Lithuanian: Kuršių marios, Russian: Куршский залив) is a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit. Its surface area is 1,619 square kilometers (625 sq mi). [ 1 ]