Curonian Spit

E117667

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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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 region ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Lagoon

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 ⓘ

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

Klaipėda → near → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Kaliningrad Oblast → contains → Curonian Spit (Russian part) ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
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 World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
Klaipėda County → containsPart → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Vecekrugas Dune → locatedIn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Vecekrugas Dune → protectedArea → Curonian Spit UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
Parnidis Dune → locatedIn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Nida → locatedIn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Juodkrantė → locatedIn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Preila → locatedIn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Pervalka → locatedIn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania) → partOf → Curonian Spit World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
Kurshskaya Kosa National Park → locatedOn → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Kurshskaya Kosa National Park → partOf → Curonian Spit UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
Mierzeja Wiślana → hasRussianName → Балтийская коса ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
Zelenogradsk → locatedNear → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Klaipėda Strait → borderOf → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Kurskiy Zaliv → separatedFromSeaBy → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Kurskiy Zaliv → hasBarrierFeature → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Curonians → inhabitedRegion → Curonian Spit ⓘ
Western Baltic → historicalRegion → Curonian coast ⓘ
linked to: Curonian Spit
Sambian Peninsula → locatedWestOf → Curonian Spit ⓘ