Vistula breakthrough
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River system | Vistula | |
origin | Arm of the Vistula River 54 ° 20 ′ 57 ″ N , 18 ° 47 ′ 15 ″ E |
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muzzle | in the east of Gdańsk in the Gdańsk Bay Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ N , 18 ° 46 ′ 51 ″ E 54 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ N , 18 ° 46 ′ 51 ″ E |
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length | 2.5 km |
The Vistula Gorge ( Wisła Śmiała in Polish ) is a 2.5 km long estuary of the Vistula in the Gdańsk Bay near the city of Gdańsk in Poland .
The Vistula Gorge separates the islands of Wyspa Portowa in the west and Wyspa Sobieszewska in the east. The bird paradise nature reserve ( Rezerwat Ptasi Raj ) is located on the east bank and the Green Islands nature reserve ( Zielone Wyspy ) to the west . The Vistula shipyard and the sailing center Narodowe Centrum Żeglarstwa are located at the northern end of the Vistula Gorge .
history
The arm was created on the night of February 1 and 2, 1840, when the narrow and low dune 300 meters in length gave way to the pressure of the ice jam and the river found a new outlet into the Baltic Sea. The village of Neufähr was divided into two parts: East of Neufähr (today: Górki Wschodnie ) and West of Neufähr (Górki Zachodnie) . The new estuary was called the Vistula Gorge. Wincenty Pol gave the Vistula the name "Wisła Śmiała" (translated bold Vistula ).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wisła Śmiała in the Encyclopedia WIEM. Retrieved July 20, 2020 (Polish)