Sobieszewo Island

Coordinates: 54°20′11″N 18°52′29″E / 54.33639°N 18.87472°E / 54.33639; 18.87472

Sobieszewo Island
Gdańsk District
Messina Spit on Sobieszewo Island

Location of Brzeźno within Gdańsk
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County/City Gdańsk
Area
 • Total 35.79 km2 (13.82 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,484[1]
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 80-506
80-528
Area code(s) +48 58

Sobieszewo Island (German: Bohnsack; Kashubian: Sobieszewsczi Òstrów) is an island on the Baltic sea, between the Gdańsk Bay and the delta of Vistula river. The island is part of the territory of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.

Location

The northern border of the island is the waters of Gdańsk Bay, while its southern border is a branch of the Vistula river, called Martwa Wisła. The western border was created in 1840 during the flooding and creation of a new mouth of Vistula called Śmiała Wisła. The eastern border was dug in 1895 as a new, artificially created mouth of Vistula, called Przekop Wisły.

In Górki Wschodnie is located Birds reservation and the center of the researches on birds.

Sobieszewo Island is one of the 34 quarters of Gdańsk.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gdańsk - oficjalny portal miasta". www.gdansk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 18 August 2017.


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