The Angrapa (, , , ) is a river that begins in northeastern

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and ends in the

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and admin ...

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. Originating in Lake Mamry, it joins the 101-km-long

Instruch The Instruch (russian: Инструч; german: Inster; lt, Įsrutis, Įsra; pl, Wystruć) is a river in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. It begins northeast of Dobrovolsk and, along with the river Angrapa, forms the Pregolya near Chernyakhovsk. Pr ...

at a point near Chernyakhovsk – variously assessed as lying 140, 169, or 172 kmHydrologia Pojezierza Mazurskiego
/ref> from its source – to form the

Pregolya The Pregolya or Pregola (russian: Прего́ля; german: Pregel; lt, Prieglius; pl, Pregoła) is a river in the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast exclave. Name A possible ancient name by Ptolemy of the Pregolya River is Chronos (from Germanic *''h ...

. Its largest tributaries are the 89-km-long

Gołdapa The Gołdapa (german: Goldap, lt, Geldapė) is a river in Poland's Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It develops out of the Wzgórza Szeskie south of Gołdap, then flows through the Romincka Forest before reaching Gołdap. It empties into the Angra ...

, which joins just before the border, and the Pissa (98 km). The name Angrapa is derived from the

Old Prussian Old Prussian was a Western Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European languages, which was once spoken by the Old Prussians, the Baltic peoples of the Prussian region. The language is called Old Prussian to avoid con ...

words ''anguris'' (eel) and ''apis'' (river). The towns of

Węgorzewo Węgorzewo (until 1946 pl, Węgobork; german: Angerburg, lt, Ungura) is a tourist town on the Angrapa River in northeastern Poland, within the historical region of Masuria. It is the seat of Węgorzewo County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodes ...

, Ozyorsk and

Chernyakhovsk Chernyakhovsk (russian: Черняхо́вск) – known prior to 1946 by its German name of (Old Prussian: Instrāpils, lt, Įsrutis; pl, Wystruć) – is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, where it is the administrative center of C ...

as well as the village of

Mayakovskoye Mayakovskoye (russian: Маяко́вское; german: Nemmersdorf; lt, Nemirkiemis) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Gusevsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Angrapa River. It lies approximately south- ...

, are situated along the course of the Angrapa.

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