Sobieszewo Island
An island on the Baltic sea, located between the
Gdansk Bay and the delta of
Vistula river. The island is the part of territory of the city of
Gdansk,
Poland.
- Area: 34.3 square kilometers
- Population: 3,570 people.
- Density: 104 people/km2
The northern border of the island is the waters of
Gdansk Bay, while it's southren border is a branch of the
Vistula river, called
Leniwka. The eastern border was created in
1840 during the flooding and creation of a new mouth of
Vistula called Smiala Wisla. The western border was dug in
1895 as a new, artifically created mouth of Vistula, called Przekop Wisly.
See also Map of Sobieszewo Island
In Gorki Wschodnie is located Birds reservation and the center of the researches on birds.
Sobieszewo Island is one of the 30 quarters of Gdansk.
See also Quarters of Gdansk