Editing Geography of Lithuania (section)

== Area and boundaries ==
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[[File:Algae bloom formation in the Baltic Sea-Curonian Lagoon (Copernicus 2024-07-15).png|thumb|Lithuanian coastline with the [[Nemunas delta]], [[Curonian lagoon]] and [[Curonian spit|spit]].]]
'''Area:'''

* ''Total:'' 65,300&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
* ''Land:'' 62,680&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
* ''Water:'' 2,620&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>

'''Comparative area'''
*[[Australia]] comparative: slightly smaller (5.5%) than [[Tasmania]]
*[[Canada]] comparative: about 9% smaller than [[New Brunswick]]
*[[United Kingdom]] comparative: about 17% smaller than [[Scotland]]
*[[United States]] comparative: slightly larger (4%) than [[West Virginia]]

'''Land boundaries:'''

* ''Total:'' 1,574&nbsp;km
* ''Border countries:'' Belarus 680&nbsp;km, Latvia 576&nbsp;km, [[Poland]] 91&nbsp;km, [[Russia]] (Kaliningrad) 227&nbsp;km

'''Coastline:''' {{convert|262|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="oceans-and-fisheries">{{cite web|url=https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2016-09/op-lithuania-fact-sheet_en.pdf|title=Lithuania – overview|website=European Commission|access-date=2022-07-09|archive-date=2022-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703090926/https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2016-09/op-lithuania-fact-sheet_en.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The coastline consists of 20 kilometres from Klaipėda, 50 kilometres at [[Cape Nehrung]], and 21 kilometres in the region of Palanga and the mouth of the [[Šventoji (Baltic)|Šventoji]] river.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Ernest John |author-link=Ernest John Harrison |year=1928 |title=Lithuania, 1928 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.155516 |location=London |publisher=Hazell, Watson & Viney |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.155516/page/n37 16] |quote=In addition, Lithuania, including the Memel (Klaipéda) region, possesses 91 kilometres of coast-line, i.e. 20 kilometres from Klaipéda (Memel), 50 kilometres at Cape Nehrung, and 21 kilometres of sea-coast in the region of Palanga and the mouth of the Šventoji (Sventa) river.
}}</ref> [[Lithuania Minor]] occupies two-thirds of the Lithuanian coast-line.

'''Maritime claims:'''

* ''Territorial sea:'' {{convert|12|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on|lk=in}}
* ''[[Exclusive Economic Zone]]:'' {{convert|7,031|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} with {{convert|12|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on|lk=in}}

'''Elevation extremes:'''

* ''Lowest point:'' Baltic Sea 0 m
* ''Highest point:'' [[Aukštojas Hill]] {{Convert|294|m|feet}}