Tags: World Heritage Site.
The Curonian Spit (Lithuanian: Kuršių nerija Russian: Куршская коса German: Kurische Nehrung Latvian: Kuršu kāpas) is a 98 km 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 Lithuania. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site shared by the two countries.
