Vistula Lagoon
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Image:Vistula Lagoon.jpg The Vistula Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf) is the sweet (fresh) water lagoon on the Baltic Sea that is cut off from Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It takes a few branches of Vistula, notably Nogat and Pregolya rivers and is connected to Gdańsk Bay by the Strait of Baltiysk. Politically the Vistula Lagoon is split between Poland and Russia. From 1871 until 1919, it was part of Germany. After 1919 and before 1945 it was split between Germany and the Free City of Danzig.
Localities on the lagoon include Kaliningrad, Baltiysk, and Primorsk in the Kaliningrad Oblast and Frombork in Poland. The Polish port of Elbląg used to have a lot trading traffic on the lagoon, but that has declined owing to the current border situation. Kaliningrad and Baltiysk are currently major seaports on the lagoon.
Polish: Zalew Wiślany, Russian: Kaliningradskiy Zaliv, German: Frisches Haff.
See also
fr:Lagune de la Vistule nl:Wislahaf pl:Zalew Wiślany ru:Калининградский залив