Curonian Spit

Summary

Curonian Spit is a spit^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of spit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Curonian Spit is located in Klaipėda County^[3].
• Curonian Spit is located in Kaliningrad Oblast^[4].
• Curonian Spit is in the country of Lithuania^[5].
• Curonian Spit is in the country of Russia^[6].
• Curonian Spit is on the body of water Baltic Sea^[7].
• Curonian Spit is on the body of water Curonian Lagoon^[8].
• Curonian Spit's image is recorded as Curonian Spit NP 05-2017 img15 Epha Dune.jpg^[9].
• Curonian Spit's instance of is recorded as spit^[10].
• Curonian Spit's instance of is recorded as World Heritage Site^[11].
• Curonia is named after Curonian Spit^[12].
• Curonian Spit's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234126334^[13].
• Curonian Spit's GND ID is recorded as 4033800-9^[14].
• Curonian Spit's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85033537^[15].
• Curonian Spit's Commons category is recorded as Curonian Spit^[16].
• Curonian Spit's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 309762^[17].
• Curonian Spit's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.274444444444, 'lon': 20.970833333333}^[18].
• Curonian Spit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ly4c^[19].
• Curonian Spit's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge410981^[20].
• Curonian Spit's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 994^[21].
• Curonian Spit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Curonian Spit^[22].
• Curonian Spit's page banner is recorded as Curonian Spit banner.jpg^[23].
• Curonian Spit's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000669285^[24].
• Curonian Spit's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000052791^[25].
• Curonian Spit's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Curonian-Spit^[26].
• Curonian Spit's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Lithuania^[5], a sovereign state^[28], in Lithuania^[29], founded in 1990^[30] and Russia^[6], a sovereign state^[31], in Russia^[32], founded in 1991^[33]. Located in include Klaipėda County^[3], a county of Lithuania^[34], in Lithuania^[35] and Kaliningrad Oblast^[4], an exclave^[36], in Russia^[37], founded in 1946^[38]. Adjacent water bodies include Baltic Sea^[7], a marginal sea^[39], in Sweden^[40] and Curonian Lagoon^[8], a bay^[41], in Lithuania^[42].

Physical Characteristics

Curonian Spit's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+33021'}^[43].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include spit^[10] and World Heritage Site^[11]. Curonian Spit's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[27].

History and Context

Curonia is named after Curonian Spit^[12].

Why It Matters

Curonian Spit ranks in the top 8% of spit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]