Geography of Lithuania
| Location: | Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia |
| Geographic coordinates: | 56 00 N, 24 00 E |
| Map references: | Europe |
| Area: | total: 65,200 sq km land: NA sq km water: NA sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly larger than West Virginia |
| Land boundaries: | total: 1,613 km border countries: Belarus 653.5 km, Latvia 588 km, Poland 103.7 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 267.8 km |
| Coastline: | 90 km |
| Maritime claims: | territorial sea: 12 nm |
| Climate: | transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
| Terrain: | lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Juozapines Kalnas 293.6 m |
| Natural resources: | peat, arable land, amber |
| Land use: | arable land: 44.81% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 54.29% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: | 70 sq km (2003) |
| Natural hazards: | NA |
| Environment - current issues: | contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases |
| Environment - international agreements: | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - note: | fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits |