Sobieszewo Island

Sobieszewo Island
Sobieszewo Island
Gdańsk District
	Messina Spit on Sobieszewo Island
	Location of Sobieszewo Island within Gdańsk
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County/City	Gdańsk
Area
• Total	35.79 km2 (13.82 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,484
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	80-506; 80-528
Area code	+48 58

54°20′11″N 18°52′29″E / 54.33639°N 18.87472°E / 54.33639; 18.87472

Sobieszewo Island (Polish: Wyspa Sobieszewska; Kashubian: Sobieszewsczi Òstrów; formerly German: Bohnsack) is an island on the Baltic Sea, between the Gdańsk Bay and the delta of Vistula river. The island is part of the territory of the city of Gdańsk, Poland.

Location

The northern border of the island is the waters of Gdańsk Bay, while its southern border is a branch of the Vistula river, called the Martwa Wisła. The western border was created in 1840 during the flooding and creation of a new mouth of the Vistula called Śmiała Wisła. The eastern border was dug in 1895 as a new, artificially created mouth of Vistula, called Przekop Wisły.

In Górki Wschodnie is located a bird reservation and a center for research on birds.

Sobieszewo Island is one of the 34 quarters of Gdańsk.

Scouting and Guiding

The island is the venue for the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association's (ZHP) bid to host the 26th World Scout Jamboree in 2027.^[2] It was the venue of the European Jamboree 2020.^[3]