Q. Consider the following statements:
- Gulf of Gdańsk is a bay of the Caspian Sea.
- Strait of Pilawa is located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Ukraine.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
Neither 1 nor 2
Notes:
- Poland has opened a new sea waterway to enable ships to sail from the Baltic Sea and the Bay of Gdansk to ports of Vistula lagoon without relying on Strait of Pilawa in Russia.
- Strait of Baltiysk or Strait of Pilawa is located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It enables passage from the Baltic Sea into the freshwater Vistula Lagoon - a brackish water lagoon separated from the Gdansk Bay by the Vistula Spit.
- Gdańsk Bay or the Gulf of Gdańsk is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea.