Vistula Lagoon
Also known as Kaliningradskiy Zaliv, Gulf of Kaliningrad, Frisches Haff
brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea, on the Polish border with Russia
Key facts
- Location
- Poland , Russia
- Type
- Lagoon
- Etymology
- Vistula River
- Primary inflows
- Bauda, Elbląg , Nogat , Pasłęka , Szkarpawa , Pregolya , Prokhladnaya , Wisła Królewiecka
- Max length
- 90.7 km (56.4 mi)
- Max width
- 13 km (8.1 mi)
- Surface area
- 838 km (324 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Salinity
- 3‰
- Settlements
- Tolkmicko , Frombork , Krynica Morska , Baltiysk , Primorsk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Vistula Lagoon.jpg
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Article
The Vistula Lagoon is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 90 kilometres (56 mi) long, 10 to 24 kilometres (6 to 15 mi) wide, and up to 5 metres (17 ft) deep, separated from the Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It is split between Poland and Russia (Kaliningrad exclave).
Geography