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    Cape Kolka (Livonian: Kūolka nanā, Latvian: Kolkasrags, Old High German: Domesnes) is a cape on the Baltic Sea, near the entry to Gulf of Riga, on the...
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  • Kolka may refer to: Kolka parish, an administrative division in Latvia Kolka, Latvia, a village in Kolka Parish Cape Kolka, where the Baltic Sea and Gulf...
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    Kolka (Livonian: Kūolka) is a village in Kolka Parish, Talsi Municipality, on the tip of Cape Kolka in Courland in Latvia, on the coast of the Gulf of...
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    dangerous Cape Kolka, at the eastern entrance to the Irbe Strait from the Gulf of Rīga. A pair of range lights was built on the point of the cape in 1818...
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    (Irē), Košrags (Kuoštrõg), Saunags (Sǟnag), Vaide (Vaid), Kolka (Kūolka) (see also Cape Kolka), Pitrags (Pitrõg), and Melnsils (Mustānum). The Latvian...
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    Absalon, who supposedly built a church in the Livonian village today known as Kolka. In the 12th century, Germans invaded Livonia and established a base in...
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    in Latvia. The park is set in the Courland Peninsula, at the point of cape Kolka that marks the end of the Irbe Strait, the southern way out of the bay...
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    sailed to Semigallia (Simkala) on his precious ship, passing Dómisnes (Cape Kolka). In the first half of the 13th century, settlements along the Daugava...
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    Strait about halfway between the promontories of the Oviši Lighthouse and cape Kolka. It runs within the Tārgale parish, Ventspils district. Its only significant...
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    region—Sabile Region, including Sabile Town; 16 rural municipalities (pagasts): Kolka, Roja, Mērsrags, Dundaga, Balgale, Ģibuļi, Īve, Ķūļciems, Laidze, Lauciene...
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