Port Island (Gdańsk)

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Port Island

Native name: Wyspa Portowa
Westerplatte Monument in memory of the Polish defenders
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Geography
Location	Baltic Sea
Coordinates	54°22′52″N 18°43′23″E / 54.38111°N 18.72306°E / 54.38111; 18.72306
Area	262 km2 (101 sq mi)
Administration
Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian Voivodeship
City	Gdańsk
Districts	Krakowiec-Górki Zachodnie, Przeróbka, Stogi
Demographics
Population	15317 (2021)[1]
Ethnic groups	Poles
Additional information
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Port Island (Polish: Wyspa Portowa, German: Die Nehrung) is an island located between Gdańsk Bay, Śmiała Wisła and Leniwka in northern Poland within the city limits of Gdańsk.

The island is divided into 3 administrative quarters:

• Stogi, population 9,832, area 10.9 km², density 901^[1]
• Przeróbka, population 3,750, area 6.9 km², density 545^[1]
• Krakowiec-Górki Zachodnie, population 1,735, area 8.3 km², density 208^[1]

Total: population 15,317, area 26,2 km² (2021)

Industrial facilities of national importance are located on the island, incl. the Gdańsk refinery and Port Północny (Northern Port) with the Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk (part of the Port of Gdańsk).

• Wisłoujście Fortress, historic fortress dating back to the 15th century, that used to guard the mouth of the Port of Gdańsk, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.^[2]
• Westerplatte, the place of the Battle of Westerplatte, the first battle of the German invasion of Poland and World War II, now a memorial and museum complex, listed as a Historic Monument of Poland.^[3]

• List of islands of Poland

• Podział administracyjny Gdańska ()

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