Page 20 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Estonia Latvia & Lithuania

18 INTRODUCING EST ONIA , LA T VIA AND LITHU ANIA
Helsinki,
St Petersburg
Mariehamn,
Putting Estonia, Latvia and Stockholm
Lithuania on the Map Kapellskar Tallinn

With Estonia in the north, Latvia in the centre and Lithuania in Paldiski
the south, the Baltic States lie on the southeastern shore of
the Baltic Sea. The region is bordered in the east by Russia and
Vormsi Riisipere
in the south by Poland, Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kärdla Island
Kaliningrad. The Baltic States’ total land area is 173,000 sq km Haapsalu
(66,778 sq miles). Latvia and Lithuania are of roughly equal Hiiumaa
Island
size, while Estonia is about a third smaller and has a relatively Muhu Lihula
flat terrain in comparison to the other two countries. The Island
three capital cities – Tallinn, Rīga and Vilnius – are home
to around a third of the region’s 6.3 million people. Saaremaa Pärnu
Island
Kuressaare
Kihnu
Island
Gulf of R ī ga

Stockholm
Cape Kolka
Ventspils
Talsi Gauja
Nynashamn, Jūrmala Rīga
Travemunde Tukums
Sabile
Kuldīga
Key Jelgava
Motorway Baltic Pāvilosta
Saldus Dobele
Major road Sea
Minor road Liepāja
Railway line
Joniškis
International border
Mažeikiai
Travemunde Telšiai Šiauliai
Palanga Plungė

Karlshamn,
Kiel Klaipėda Gargždai LITH
Raseiniai
0 kilometres 50
0 miles 50 Šilutė
Curonian Nemunas
Spit Tauragė
Nynäshamn
Jurbarkas

Kaliningrad Vilkaviškis
Marijampolė
KALININGRAD
Lebork (RUSSIA)
Gdańsk
Lazdijai
Elblag
POLAND
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