page_title: Curonian Spit
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Curonian Spit / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Curonian Spit and Lagoon
context_page_description: The Curonian Spit is a 98-kilometre long, thin, curved sand-dune spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea coast. Its southern portion lies within Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia and its northern within southwestern Klaipėda County, Lithuania. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site shared by the two countries.
context_section_description: 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. The northern 52 km (32 mi) long stretch of the Curonian Spit peninsula belongs to Klaipėda County, Lithuania, while the rest is part of the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. The width of the spit varies from a minimum of 400 m (1,300 ft) in Russia (near the village of Lesnoy) to a maximum of 3,800 m (12,500 ft; 2.4 mi) in Lithuania (just north of Nida).
caption: Curonian Spit and Lagoon
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