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Lithuanian ethnographic region in former Prussia
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Lithuania Minor (Mažoji Lietuva) is a region in the west of Lithuania, historically part of Prussia. It's bordered to the east by Samogitia (Žemaitija), to the southeast by Sūduva (Suvalkija), to the south by the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast, and to the west by the Baltic Sea.
Palanga (PLQ) is the regional airport, 35 km north of Klaipėda. It has limited flights and most visitors will do better to fly into Vilnius (VNO) or Kaunas (KUN) and hire a car, which you need to get around this region.
Read in the guideThe distances are not beyond cycling but realistically you need your own vehicle, best hired from your arrival airport.
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The Curonian Spit is a sandy peninsula in the Baltic Sea, 99 km long but only 0.5 to 4 km wide. Its northern part is in Lithuania Minor and its south in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast: both countries regard it as a national park and it's a bi-national UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Šilutė is a town in Lithuania Minor, near the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast. It's a quiet market town with a population of 16,000 in 2021.
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