Samland Peninsula

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The Samland Peninsula is a Baltic coastal region in present-day Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, historically part of East Prussia and notable for its strategic military importance and seaside resorts.

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Label Occurrences
Samland Peninsula canonical 3
Samland 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
peninsula
borderedBy Baltic Sea
Curonian Lagoon
climate temperate maritime climate
contains Sambia Plateau
linked to: Sambia Peninsula
containsMilitaryInstallationsOf Russia
country Russia
hasCity Kaliningrad
linked to: Königsberg

Pionersky
Svetlogorsk
Zelenogradsk
hasEconomicActivity fishing
port services
tourism
hasFeature coastal cliffs
dunes
sandy beaches
hasHighestPoint Gora Krasnaya
hasHistoricalName Sambia
Samland
linked to: Samland Peninsula
hasResortTown Pionersky
Svetlogorsk
Zelenogradsk
historicallyInhabitedBy Baltic tribes
Old Prussians
historicallyPartOf East Prussia
German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
knownFor coastal tourism
seaside resorts
strategic military importance
languageOfHistoricalToponyms German
Old Prussian
locatedIn Kaliningrad Oblast
Russia
locatedOn Baltic Sea
near Lithuania
Poland
partOf Baltic coastal region
Kaliningrad Oblast exclave
linked to: Kaliningrad Oblast
post1945AdministeredBy Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
post1991AdministeredBy Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
strategicFor Baltic Fleet
wasUnderAdministrationOf Duchy of Prussia
Province of East Prussia
linked to: East Prussia

Teutonic Order

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Referenced by (5)

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

East Prussian Offensive location Samland Peninsula
Samland Peninsula hasHistoricalName Samland
linked to: Samland Peninsula
Prussians nativeTo Samland Peninsula
Samland Offensive location Samland Peninsula
Sambia Peninsula hasHistoricalName Samland
linked to: Samland Peninsula