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 Baltiysk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baltiysk (Балтийск) – known prior to 1945 by its German name, Pillau (Polish Piława, 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.
Baltiysk is, along with Kaliningrad, one of two year-round, ice-free ports along the Russian Baltic Sea coastline.
The town is a major naval base of the Russian Navy and a ferry port on the route to Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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 List of straits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strait of Baltiysk - between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay
Nares Strait - between Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with Lincoln Sea / the Arctic Sea.
Strait of Tiran - between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia
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 Gdansk Bay - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Pomerania in Poland (Cape Rozewie, Hel Peninsula) and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia (Sambian peninsula).
The western part of Gdansk Bay is formed by the shallow waters of the Bay of Puck and the southeastern part is the Vistula Lagoon, separated by the Vistula Spit and connected to the open sea by the Strait of Baltiysk.
The first forms the Bay of Puck while the latter defines the Vistula Lagoon, accessed through the Strait of Baltiysk.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Gdansk_Bay   (206 words)

  
 Strait of Georgia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Strait of Georgia
Strait in British Columbia, Canada, separating Vancouver Island from the mainland; length about 240 km/150 mi.
It is about 80 km/50 mi broad at its widest part, but narrows considerably towards the north, where it merges into Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait.
It meets the Pacific Ocean at Juan De Fuca Strait in the south.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Strait+of+Georgia   (119 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pilawa
Baltiysk (Балтийск) – known prior to 1945 by its German name, Pillau – 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.
Baltiysk is the only year-round, ice-free port along the Russian Baltic Sea coastline.
After the war, when northern East Prussia was annexed by the Soviet Union, and the German inhabitants expelled, its name was changed to Baltiysk.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pilawa   (269 words)

  
 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Luzon Strait was part of the Japan...Image Luzon Strait n7184.jpg thumb The map of Luzon Strait The Luzon Strait is a strait connecting the Philippine..
Peril Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at 57° N 135° W. It is between Chichagof Island to its north and Baranof Island to its south.
Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia.
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 List of straits - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bohol Strait - between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines
Jacques Cartier Strait - between Anticosti Island and the Labrador Peninsula in Quebec
Strait of Juan de Fuca - between Vancouver Island and Washington
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 Free Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fury and Hecla Strait - between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula, Canada
Straits of Mackinac - between northern and southern Michigan
Strait of Taiwan - between Taiwan and China
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 Science Fair Projects - 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.
It takes a few branches of Vistula, notably Nogat and Pregolya rivers and is connected to Gdansk Bay by the Strait of Baltiysk.
Sea ports: Kaliningrad, Baltiysk, in the past also Elblag (which lost importance due to today's border situation).
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Vistula_Lagoon   (285 words)

  
 Strait of Baltiysk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Strait of Baltiysk (also Pilawa Strait) is the strait between Gdansk Bay (Baltic Sea) and Vistula Bay in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
It forms a main connection between the important ports of Baltiysk and Kaliningrad on the one hand, and the open sea on the other hand.
This page was last modified 06:37, 21 January 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strait_of_Baltiysk   (81 words)

  
 Gdansk Bay - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Gdansk Bay, Bay of Gdansk or Gulf of Gdansk (Polish: Zatoka Gdańska; German: Danzig Bucht) is a south-east bay of the Baltic sea enclosed by a large curve of the shores of Gdansk Pomerania in Poland (Rozewie Cape, Hel Peninsula), and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia (Sambian peninsula).
Western part of the Gdansk Bay are the shallow waters of the Bay of Puck and the soouth=east part is the Vistula Lagoon separated by the Vistula Spit and conected by the Strait of Baltiysk.
The first makes Puck Bay, the latter Vistula Lagoon, access through the Strait of Baltiysk.
www.book-spot.co.uk /index.php/Gdansk_Bay   (194 words)

  
 Kaliningrad - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the Pregola river, which empties into Vistula Lagoon.
Sea vessels can access the Gdansk Bay of the Baltic Sea by Vistula Lagoon and the Strait of Baltiysk.
Königsberg ("king's mountain") was founded in 1255 by the Bohemian King Ottokar II, who came to help Teutonic Knights during their conquest of Prussia disguised as the Christianization effort called the Northern Crusade.
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 List Of Straits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 List of straits - The Jiggies Reference Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
List of straits - The Jiggies Reference Guide
Strait of Magellan - connects Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
This page was last modified 13:47, Apr 24, 2004.
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 Category:Straits of Europe
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 LLC BUNKER COMPANY 'FLAGSHIP'
Please pay in your attention that the prices are fob Customer's Vessel.
In case of bunkering in the port of Baltiysk or in the Kaliningrad road port charges are included.
You can also find below for you information price's indications of ports of Baltic Sea region.
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