Landsat photo of the Vistula Spit

The Vistula Spit (Polish: Mierzeja Wiślana; Russian: Балтийская коса; German: Frische Nehrung) is a spit, or peninsular stretch of land, which cuts the Vistula Lagoon off from Gdańsk Bay (Danziger Bucht) in the Baltic Sea. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A spit is a deposition Landform found off Coasts. At one end spits connect to land while at the far end they exist in open water The Vistula Lagoon (Zalew Wiślany or Zatoka Fryska in 1910 Калининградский залив or Kaliningradskiy Zaliv; Frisches Haff Aismarės is a Gdańsk Bay or the Bay of Gdańsk (Zatoka Gdańska Gduńskô Hôwinga Гданьская бухта also known as Danzig Bay (Danziger Bucht is a southeastern The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The border between Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia, runs across it, splitting it politically in halves. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Kaliningrad Oblast (Калинингра́дская о́бласть Kaliningradskaya oblast; informally called Yantarny kray (ru Янта́рный край meaning Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The westernmost point of Russia is located on the Vistula Spit. This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Russia.

History

Until the 13th century, the spit had navigable straits in the middle, which allowed the city of Elbląg (Elbing), part of the monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, direct access to the Baltic Sea. Elbląg (Elbing Elbinga is a City in northern Poland with 127892 inhabitants (2006 The monastic state of the Teutonic Knights (Deutschordensland sometimes known in English by the German term Ordensstaat (ˈɔːdn̩ˌʃtɑːt or "Order-State" The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The natural closing of the straits in the late 13th century reduced Elbing's status as an important trading seaport. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Thus, and by the Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk) and Polish Pomerania in 1308, the importance of Gdańsk (Danzig) grew. The Teutonic takeover of Danzig (Gdańsk on 13 November 1308 refers to the incorporation of the city into the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. This article is about the modern region For the medieval duchy see Pomeranian duchies and dukes Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomorze Gdańskie or Eastern Pomerania Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland

Nowadays, Poland discusses the project of digging a channel through its part of the spit, in order to regain direct access to the Baltic, rather than by the only natural, yet Russian-controlled port at Baltiysk (Pillau/Piława). Baltiysk (Балти́йск prior to 1945 known by its German name Pillau (Piława Piliava is a Russian seaport town in Kaliningrad Oblast Baltiysk (Балти́йск prior to 1945 known by its German name Pillau (Piława Piliava is a Russian seaport town in Kaliningrad Oblast

External links

• Vistula Spit (Polish) (German)