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date = "2020-01-23"
title = "Hel, Poland"
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[Hel Peninsula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hel_Peninsula&oldid=939640541) (Polish: Mierzeja Helska) is a 35-km-long sand bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea. 
The width of the peninsula varies from approximately 300 m near Jurata, through 100 m in the most narrow part to over 3 km at the tip. Since the peninsula was formed entirely of sand, it is frequently turned into an island by winter storms. Until the 17th century the peninsula was a chain of islands that formed a strip of land only during the summer.