The Strait of Baltiysk is by Baltiysk

The Strait of Baltiysk is the strait in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It connects Gdansk Bay (Baltic Sea) and Vistula Bay, and separates Sambian Peninsula and Vistula Spit. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 581 pixelsFull resolution (1666 × 1209 pixel, file size: 584 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 581 pixelsFull resolution (1666 × 1209 pixel, file size: 584 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: , Kaliningradskaya Oblast; informally called Yantarny kray (, meaning amber region) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) on the Baltic coast. ... The Bay of Gdańsk (also known as the Gdańsk Bay or Gulf of Gdańsk; in Polish Zatoka Gdańska; in German Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic sea enclosed by a large curve of the shores of Gdańsk... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... Landsat photo Vistula Lagoon Vistula Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf) is the sweet water lagoon on the Baltic Sea that is cut off from Gdansk Bay by the Vistula Spit. ... Samland or Sambia (Russian: semlyandskiy poluostrov, Polish: Sambia) is the name of a peninsula on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. ... Landsat photo Vistula Spit The Vistula Spit (Polish: Mierzeja WiÅ›lana, Russian: :Балтийская коса, German: Frische Nehrung) is a peninsular stretch of land cutting Vistula Lagoon off from Gdansk Bay. ...

The strait is the main connection from the open sea to the important ports of Baltiysk and Kaliningrad or Russia, as well as to the Polish ports of Elbląg, Braniewo, Tolkmicko, Frombork, Sztutowo, Krynica Morska, and Nowa Pasłęka.^[1] Baltiysk (Балтийск) – known prior to 1945 by its German name, Pillau (Polish PiÅ‚awa, Lithuanian Piliava)– is a Russian sea port in the strait between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay, called Strait of Baltiysk on the territory of Kaliningrad Oblast with about 20,000 inhabitants. ... Kaliningrad (Russian: ; Lithuanian: Karaliaučius; German  , Polish: Królewiec; briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg), is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. ... ElblÄ…g (IPA: ; German: ) is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants (2006). ... Braniewo (until 1945 Polish: ; German: ) is a city in northeastern Poland, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 18,068 (2004). ... Tolkmicko Coat of Arms Tolkmicko (German: ) is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, about 20 km northeast of ElblÄ…g. ... Frombork Cathedral, with the Vistula Lagoon in the background Frombork (German: ) is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, with a population of 2,602 in 2005. ... Sztutowo ( German Stutthof) is a small town in county Nowy Dwór Gdański, Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland . ... Krynica Morska (-Polish; formerly: Łysica (1945-1958); German: Kahlberg), is a town in northern Poland with 1,250 inhabitants (2003). ...

The strait was dug in 1497. In 1960s it was expanded and now it measures 400 m width and 12 m depth.

Since 1990s Russia periodically blocks navigation via the strait (both for Poland and Russia), therefore since 2006 Poland has been considering to dig another canal across the Vistula Spit, with various pro and contra.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} What Changes will a Canal on the Vistula Split bring? (Polish)

Coordinates: 54°38′28″N, 19°52′42″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...