Everything about The Vistula Lagoon totally explained
The
Vistula Lagoon (or
Zatoka Fryska in 1910; or
Kaliningradskiy Zaliv; ; ) is a
fresh water lagoon on the
Baltic Sea cut off from
Gdańsk Bay by the
Vistula Spit. It is sometimes known as the
Vistula Bay or
Vistula Gulf.
The lagoon is a mouth of a few branches of the
Vistula River, notably the
Nogat, and the
Pregolya River. It is connected to Gdańsk Bay by the
Strait of Baltiysk.
Localities on the lagoon include
Kaliningrad,
Baltiysk, and
Primorsk in Russia's
Kaliningrad Oblast and
Elbląg,
Tolkmicko,
Frombork,
Krynica Morska in Poland. The Polish port of
Elbląg used to have a lot of 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.
Digging a canal to connect the lagoon with the Baltic Sea is in consideration as a major EU-supported project. The canal, 1 km in length, would re-activate the Elblag port. It would also free its dependence on Russia, which time and again revokes the rights of pass for Polish ships through
Strait of Baltiysk as a form of pressure on Polish authorities. It would cost an estimated PLN 80 million. However, major ecological considerations stand in the way. For example, mammal migration along the lagoon could be disrupted. Also, the inflow of brackish waters from the Baltic sea could result in serious unbalancing of the lagoon's freshwater ecosystem.
History
From 1871 until 1919, it was part of
German Empire. Between 1919 and 1945 it was split between Germany and the
Free City of Danzig. From January until March 1945 throughout the
Evacuation of East Prussia refugees from
East Prussia crossed the frozen Lagoon on their way to the west after the
Red Army had reached the coast of the Lagoon near
Elblag. Attacked by fighter aircraft thousands of them were killed or broke through the ice.
Today the Vistula Lagoon is politically split between
Poland and
Russia's
Kaliningrad Oblast.
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