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Kaliningrad Oblast
Pionersky, Russia
Kaliningrad coast storm beach, Baltic amber
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Amber
Sea glass
Old bottlesAlso reported: jet.
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Why this spot
Sambia peninsula, source of 90 percent of the world's amber; winter storms strip the seabed and pile amber in the wrack.
RFE/RL Jan 2022 and Interfax Jan 2015: after storms scores of men wade in with nets at Pionersky beach and sort amber from the debris; police say hand nets are allowed, water jets and heavy equipment are finedView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Winter surfCold water, phosphorus from WWII
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