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Hel Peninsula

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sand bar peninsula in northern Poland

Key facts

Country
Poland
Voivodeship
Pomeranian
County
Puck

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
peninsula
Country
Poland
Body of water
Gdańsk Bay
Image
Hel peninsula landsat.jpg
Length
35
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Commons category
Hel Peninsula
located in/on physical feature
Gdańsk Bay
described by source
Nordisk familjebok
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Hel
different from
Hel
native label
Mierzeja Helska
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Encyclopedic overview

Hel Peninsula Hel Peninsula as seen from Władysławowo Wooden house from circa 1850, now a restaurant Kitesurfing, Hel Peninsula Seal at the Oceanography Institute

Hel Peninsula or Hel Spit ( Polish pronunciation: [xɛl] ; Polish: Półwysep Helski, Mierzeja Helska; Kashubian: Hélskô Sztremlëzna; German: Halbinsel Hela, Putziger Nehrung) is a 35-kilometre-long (22 mi) sand bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea. It is located in Puck County of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hel Peninsula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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