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The Curonian Spit is a nearly 100-kilometer long curved sand-dune spit separating the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea Coast. It ranges in width from 400 meters at its narrowest point to 3,800.

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Europe's highest sand dunes are located in Russia's smallest national park, the Curonian Spit, where you can spend up to three days without a Russian visa if you're on a cruise ship.

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The Curonian Spit is a long, very thin peninsula that runs along the coast of Lithuania. Legend says that a giant named Neringa created the spit to protect the people from the furious waves of the Baltic Sea. Large dunes, beautiful pine forests, and sandy beaches make up this stretch of land and a variety of wildlife thrives here, making it a.

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The Curonian Spit is one of the longest spits in the world. It extends from Southwestern Lithuania to Kaliningrad's Sambian Peninsula, passing through the Baltic Sea. Just over half of the spit belongs to Lithuania, a country north of Poland. The rest belongs to Russia. Both the Lithuanian and Russian sides of the spit are national parks.

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Curonian Spit (Lithuania / Russian Federation) (C 994) The World Heritage Committee, Having examined Document WHC/16/40.COM/7B, Recalling Decisions36 COM 7B.78 and 38 COM 7B.28, adopted at its 36th (Saint-Petersburg, 2012), and 38th (Doha, 2014) sessions respectively,

One day Tour to Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad

The Curonian Spit National Natural Park is one of the must-see places. You can get here from Zelenogradsk by bus 210. It will take about an hour to get here. We got off before the final stop at Duna Efa. There is parking for cars and a large number of souvenir shops, as well as small cafes.

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The Curonian Spit is a unique and vulnerable, sandy and wooded cultural landscape on a coastal spit which features small Curonian lagoon settlements. The Spit was formed by the sea, wind and human activity and continues to be shaped by them.

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Nida. Nida is a must-to-do things in Curonian spit. It is the biggest and westernmost town on the spit with 2 385 residents. It is a cute fisherman town filled with colourful houses. Located between the lagoon on one side, the pine tree forest on the other and the dunes nearby it is a nice place to stroll around.

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Curonian Spit is a 98 km-long piece of land perched between the Curonian Lagoon in the east and the Baltic Sea in the west. It's covered with pine forests and sand dunes. At its narrowest point, the land is just 400 meters wide; the widest stretch is about 4km.

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At 25 square miles, the national park in the Kaliningrad region, is one-sixteenth the size of Russia's capital. The sword-shaped Curonian Spit runs from Kaliningrad, Russia to Klaipeda, Lithuania.

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You can get to Curonian spit from Russia and from Lithuania. From Russia, you'll get from Kaliningrad Airport (KGD). By Bus: First, you'll take the bus from Khrabrovo Airport to Nilda. Over there, you can rent a car and drive 8 minutes to Curonian Spit. You'll spend around $7 to 10 USD. By Taxi: It is an hour and 8-minute trip from the.

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Curonian Spit (Lithuania, Russian Federation) (C 994) The World Heritage Committee, Having examined Document WHC/18/42.COM/7B, Recalling Decision 40 COM 7B.53, adopted at its 40th session (Istanbul, 2016), Welcomes the two States Parties' efforts in addressing the property's current conservation issues;

UNESCO experts inspect Lithuania's Curonian Spit after Russian

Geography Curonian Spit and Lagoon The Curonian Spit stretches from the Sambia Peninsula on the south to its northern tip next to a narrow strait, across which is the port city of Klaipėda on the mainland of Lithuania.

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Curonian Spit (Lithuania/Russian Federation) (C 994) The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-12/36.COM/7B, 2. Recalling Decisions 31 COM 7B.114, 32 COM 7B.98 and 34 COM 7B.91 adopted at its 31st (Christchurch, 2007), 32nd (Quebec City, 2008) and 34th (Brasilia, 2010) sessions respectively,