Geographic position:

Most Northerly point Lat N. 56o 27 '


Most Southerly point Lat N 53o 54 '


Most Westerly point Long E. 20o 56 '


Most Easterly point Long E. 26o 51 '



Frontiers, km


Total
without territorial sea — 1732
with territorial sea — 1761

Land 1
including Kursiu Lagoon — 1642
with Russian Federation (Kaliningrad reg.) — 273
of which Kursiu Lagoon — 18
with the Republic of Belarus — 677
with the Republic of Latvia — 576
with the Republic of Poland — 104

Coast line
Length of the Baltic Sea shore — 90
Length of the Lithuanian-Latvian territorial sea limit — 222
Length of the Lithuanian-Russian territorial sea limit — 222
Length of the Lithuanian territorial sea outer limit — 75

1 Information on land border isn’t final because the demarcation of the State Border isn’t completed yet.
2 22 km=12 nautical miles


Absolute altitude of highest hills, m:

Juozapine — 293.6




Kruopine — 293.4




Nevaisiai — 288.9




Budakalnis (Azusilis) — 284.8




Pavistytis — 282.4




Gedanonys — 257.4




Ziezdriai (Piliakalnis) — 247.0




Medvegalis — 234.6




Satrija — 228.7




Girgzdute — 228.0





Major rivers (in kilometres)





Length in the country Total length


Nemunas - 937 - 475


Neris - 510 - 234


Venta - 346 - 161

Sesupe - 298 - 209


Musa (Lielupe) - 284 - 146


Sventoji - 246 - 246

Nevezis - 209 - 209

Merkys - 203 - 190

Minija - 202 - 202


Major lakes 1



Area, ha Depth, m


Druksiai - 4479.0 - 33.3


Dysnai - 2439.4 - 6.0


Dusia - 2334.2 - 31.7


Sartai - 1331.6 - 22.0

Luodis - 1320.0 - 16.5

Metelys - 1292.0 - 15.0

Platelių (lake) - 1209.6 - 46.6

Avilys - 1209.0 - 13.5

Rekyvos(lake) - 1150.9 - 7.0


Alausas - 1054.0 - 42.0



There are 2830 lakes larger than 0.5 ha in Lithuania. Total area - 880 km2.
1 Lake Vistytis could be the 4th but very small part of it is situated on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.