Vistula Spit

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Vistula Spit is a narrow sandy peninsula on the Baltic Sea that separates the Vistula Lagoon from the open sea, shared by Poland and Russia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vistula Spit canonical 6
Baltic Spit 2
Vistula Spit (Russian part) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
peninsula
spit
alsoKnownAs Vistula Spit
surface form: Baltic Spit

Mierzeja Wiślana
Visla Spit
bodyOfWaterOnOneSide Vistula Lagoon
bodyOfWaterOnOtherSide Baltic Sea
borderCrosses Lithuania–Russia border
surface form: Poland–Russia border
climate temperate maritime climate
coastType sandy coast
connectsTo mainland Kaliningrad Oblast
mainland Poland
country Poland
Russia
formedBy marine and fluvial sedimentation
hasEcosystem coastal dunes
coniferous forests
hasFeature beaches
dune ridges
forested areas
hasInfrastructure Vistula Spit canal (Poland)
hasPortNearby Baltiysk seaport
Elbląg (via Vistula Lagoon)
hasProtectedArea Vistula Spit Landscape Park
Vistula Spit National Park (Russia)
hasSettlement Baltiysk
Krynica Morska
Piaski
Zelenogradsk
length approximately 70 km
locatedIn Baltic Sea
Kaliningrad Oblast
surface form: Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

northern Poland
surface form: Northern Poland
ocean Atlantic Ocean drainage basin
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
partOf Kaliningrad Oblast
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Baltic Sea coast region
surface form: Southern Baltic coast
region Central Europe
relatedTo Vistula River
separates Bay of Gdańsk
surface form: Gdańsk Bay

Vistula Lagoon
strategicImportance controls access between Baltic Sea and Vistula Lagoon
surfaceForm narrow sandy peninsula
usedFor recreation
shipping access to Vistula Lagoon
tourism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Bay of Gdańsk hasPeninsula Vistula Spit
Kaliningrad Oblast contains Vistula Spit
this entity surface form: Vistula Spit (Russian part)
Vistula Spit alsoKnownAs Vistula Spit
this entity surface form: Baltic Spit
Baltiysk locatedOn Vistula Spit
this entity surface form: Baltic Spit
Vistula Lagoon separatedBy Vistula Spit
Vistula Lagoon hasPart Vistula Spit
Port of Elbląg locatedNear Vistula Spit