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Hel
Peninsula
Hel Peninsula as seen from Landsat satellite in 2000
Hel Peninsula as seen from Landsat satellite in 2000
Hel is located in Poland
Hel
Hel
Coordinates: 54°38′30″N 18°46′53″E / 54.64167°N 18.78139°E / 54.64167; 18.78139
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
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 (Polish pronunciation: [xɛl] ; Polish: Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski; Kashubian: Hélskô Sztremlëzna; German: Halbinsel Hela or 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.

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Hel Peninsula

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Hel Peninsula (Polish pronunciation: [xɛl] ; Polish: Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski; Kashubian: Hélskô Sztremlëzna; German: Halbinsel Hela or Putziger...

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Hel

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up Hel or hel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hel or HEL may refer to: Hel Peninsula, on the Polish Baltic coast Hel, Poland, a town on the Hel Peninsula...

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Battle of Hel

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historiography as the September Campaign). The defense of the Hel Peninsula took place around the Hel Fortified Area, a system of Polish fortifications that...

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Bay of Puck

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the Hel Peninsula. The bay has an average depth of 2 m (7 ft) to 6 m (20 ft). There is a shallow sand-bank from Rewa to Kuźnica in the middle of Hel Peninsula...

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List of peninsulas

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Hel Peninsula, Poland Heracles Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia Kerch Peninsula, disputed between Ukraine and Russia Karpass Peninsula,...

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Jurata

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resort in northern Poland, located on the Hel Peninsula in a forested area between the towns of Jastarnia and Hel in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship...

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Vistula Spit

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of 70 km (43 mi) twice as long as the better known and more populous Hel Peninsula in the western part of the Gdańsk Bay. The Vistula Spit stretches in...

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Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Pelplin) and the Malbork Castle. The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations...

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Battle of Danzig Bay

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Gdynia to Hel Peninsula, from where they were to start the so-called Operation Rurka. The plan was to lay a naval mine barrier between Hel Peninsula and Danzig...

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Hel Fortified Area

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The Hel Fortified Area (Polish: Rejon Umocniony Hel) was a set of Polish fortifications, constructed on the Hel Peninsula in northern Poland, in close...

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East Pomeranian offensive

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retreating to the headland at Oxhöft, from where they were evacuated to the Hel Peninsula. Danzig finally fell on 30 March 1945, after which the remnants of the...

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Marinestosstruppkompanie

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fortress, MSK was used in the occupation of Gdynia and in the battle of Hel peninsula. MSK remained active for the rest of World War II, mainly on the Eastern...

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MV Goya

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16 April 1945, Goya was sailing from Gotenhafen (Gdynia), around the Hel Peninsula and across the Baltic Sea to Kiel in western Germany. The convoy included...

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President of Poland

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Presidential Residence "Jurata-Hel" in Hel, the president's Baltic coastal retreat Summer residence at the Hel Peninsula Presidential Villa in Promnik...

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Number of the beast

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operator, decided to renumber line 666, which runs to Hel, Poland, a town on the Hel Peninsula, to 669. Bible portal 666 (number) 2300 day prophecy Biblical...

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Jastarnia

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County, Pomeranian Voivodship, northern Poland. It is located on the Hel Peninsula on the Baltic Sea. It is a popular Polish seaside resort and small fishing...

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Baltic Sea

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south, the Bay of Gdańsk lies east of the Hel Peninsula on the Polish coast and west of the Sambia Peninsula in Kaliningrad Oblast. The Bay of Pomerania...

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World war

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projectile on Puck, fishing village and airbase in the armpit of the Hel Peninsula. "Den anden Verdenskrig udbrød i Gaar Middags Kl. 11", Kristeligt Dagblad...

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End of World War II in Europe

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General von Saucken, on the Heiligenbeil and Danzig beachheads, on the Hel Peninsula in the Vistula delta surrendered; as did the forces on the Greek islands;...

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Geography of Poland

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was alluded to by the 1945 Wedding to the Sea. The largest spits are Hel Peninsula and the Vistula Spit. The largest Polish Baltic island is Wolin. The...

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Invasion of Poland

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German units advancing from the other direction. Polish defenders on the Hel Peninsula on the shore of the Baltic Sea held out until 2 October. The last operational...

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German Instrument of Surrender

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northern Italy; Austria; Bohemia and Moravia; the Courland peninsula in Latvia; the Hel Peninsula in Poland and in Germany towards Hamburg, facing British...

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German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass

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destroyer unsuccessfully attacked Polish ships in the naval base on the Hel Peninsula. She was lightly damaged during the action. In mid-February 1940, while...

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