Mierzeja Wiślana

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Mierzeja Wiślana is a narrow sandspit on the Baltic Sea coast that separates the Vistula Lagoon from the open sea, shared by Poland and Russia.

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Label Occurrences
Mierzeja Wiślana canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal landform
geographical region
peninsula
sandspit
bordersWaterBody Baltic Sea
Gulf of Gdańsk
linked to: Bay of Gdańsk

Vistula Lagoon
country Poland
Russia
crossedBy Polish–Russian border
formedBy longshore drift
marine sedimentation
hasEcosystemType coastal dunes
coniferous forest
sandy beaches
hasEnglishName Vistula Spit
hasGeologicalAge Holocene
hasHighestPoint about 49.5 m above sea level
hasHighestPointName Wielbłądzi Garb
hasHumanActivity shipping in Vistula Lagoon
hasInfrastructure road 501 (Poland)
hasPolishName Mierzeja Wiślana
hasPort Krynica Morska marina
linked to: Krynica Morska
hasProtectedArea Vistula Spit Landscape Park
hasRussianName Балтийская коса
linked to: Curonian Spit
hasSettlement Baltiysk
Krynica Morska
Kąty Rybackie
Mikoszewo
Piaski
Primorsk
Stegna
Sztutowo
length approximately 96 km
locatedIn Baltic Sea
Kaliningrad Oblast
Northern Poland
linked to: northern Poland

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
nearCity Elbląg
Gdańsk
Kaliningrad
linked to: Königsberg
partOf Baltic Sea coast
separates Gulf of Gdańsk
linked to: Bay of Gdańsk

Vistula Lagoon
usedFor fishing
recreation
tourism
width from about 600 m to about 2 km

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Vistula Spit alsoKnownAs Mierzeja Wiślana
Mierzeja Wiślana hasPolishName Mierzeja Wiślana
Województwo pomorskie containsCoastalArea Mierzeja Wiślana