Curonian Lagoon

Curonian Lagoon

Inlet of the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the Neman River. Its northern portion is in Lithuania and its southern portion lies in Kaliningrad province, Russia. With an area of 625 sq mi (1,619 sq km), it is connected to the Baltic by a navigable strait, on which is the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda.


Curonian Lagoon also called Courland Lagoon Lithuanian Kuršiu Marios Russian Kursky Zaliv

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