Curonian Spit

E117667
UNESCO World Heritage Site peninsula protected area sand spit

The Curonian Spit is a UNESCO-listed, narrow sand dune peninsula on the Baltic Sea shared by Lithuania and Russia, renowned for its unique landscapes, fishing villages, and protected national parks.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Curonian Spit canonical 5
Curonian Spit (Russian part) 1
Curonian Spit World Heritage Site 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
sand spit ⓘ
borderCrosses Lithuania–Russia border ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
contains Juodkrantė ⓘ
Nida ⓘ
Pervalka ⓘ
Preila ⓘ
Svetlogorsk ⓘ
Zelenogradsk ⓘ
country Lithuania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Curonian lagooner fishing culture ⓘ
weather vanes tradition ⓘ
wooden architecture ⓘ
hasEcosystemType coastal dunes ⓘ
coniferous forests ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasFeature foredune ridge ⓘ
lagoon-side shore ⓘ
sea-side beach ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Parnidis Dune ⓘ
Vecekrugas Dune ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
knownFor ornithological migration routes ⓘ
shifting sand dunes ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
traditional fishing villages ⓘ
length approximately 98 km ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
partOf Curonian Lagoon ⓘ
surface form: Curonian Lagoon region

Kaliningrad Oblast ⓘ
Klaipėda County ⓘ
protectedBy Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania) ⓘ
Kurshskaya Kosa National Park (Russia) ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
separates Baltic Sea ⓘ
Curonian Lagoon ⓘ
threatenedBy coastal erosion ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural landscape ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 2000 ⓘ
widthRange 0.4–4 km ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Klaipėda → near → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Kaliningrad Oblast → contains → Curonian Spit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curonian Spit (Russian part)
Klaipėda Maritime Museum → locatedOn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Curonian Lagoon → separatedBy → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Curonian Lagoon → locatedOn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Curonian Lagoon → adjacentTo → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Curonian Lagoon → hasUNESCORelation → Curonian Spit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Curonian Spit World Heritage Site