Curonian Spit (Kurische Nehrung) and Zelenogradsk (Cranz)

Curonian Spit is a narrow and long saber-shaped strip of land, Separating the Curonian Bay from the Baltic Sea and extending from the city of Zelenogradsk in the Kaliningrad region to the city of Klaipeda (Lithuania). The name of the braid comes from the names of the ancient tribes of Curons, They lived here before the colonization of Prussia by the Germans. Length - 98 kilometers, width varies from 400 meters (in the area of the village of Lesnoy) up to 3.8 kilometers (in the area of Cape Bulvikö, slightly north of Nida. High level of biological diversity due to a combination of from the desert (dune) to the tundra (upper swamp) Important and long-term environmental and biological processes evolution and development of terrestrial, river, coastal and marine ecosystems and plant and animal communities. The location of the spit and its relief are unique. The most significant element of the relief of the spit is a solid strip of sand white dunes with a width of 0.3 - 1 km, partly approaching the highest in the world (up to the 68 m.