Vistula Spit

Vistula Spit
Landsat photo of the Vistula Spit
Vistula Spit
Vistula Spit
Vistula Spit
Vistula Spit
Coordinates: 54°24′N 19°30′E / 54.400°N 19.500°E / 54.400; 19.500
LocationPomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Offshore water bodiesGdańsk Bay
Vistula Lagoon
Dimensions
  Length70 km (43 mi)
Largest townKrynica Morska

The Vistula Spit (Polish: Mierzeja Wiślana; Russian: Балтийская коса, romanized: Baltiyskaya kosa; German: Danziger Nehrung, Frische Nehrung; Low German: Dantzker Nearing) is an aeolian sand spit, or peninsular stretch of land, separating Vistula Lagoon from Gdańsk Bay, in the Baltic Sea, with its tip separated from the mainland by the Strait of Baltiysk. The border between Poland (Pomeranian Voivodeship) and Kaliningrad Oblast, an exclave of Russia, bisects it, politically dividing the spit into two pieces between the two countries. The westernmost geographical point of Russia is located on the Vistula Spit. The Polish part contains a number of tourist resorts, incorporated administratively as the town of Krynica Morska.