The Pajieslys Geomorphological Sanctuary () is a protected area of a state importance in

Krakės Eldership Krakės Eldership () is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the northwestern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality. Eldership was created from the Krakės ''selsovet'' in 1993. Geography The territory of Krakės Eldership is located in the Ea ...

Kėdainiai District Municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

, in central

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. It was established in 1992 and covers an area of . It is located west to

Pajieslys Pajieslys (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 254 people. It is located from Krakės, by the Jiesla rivulet, nearby ...

village, between

Deveikiškiai Deveikiškiai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 35 people. It is located from Krakės, from Pajieslys, on the Krak ...

and

Meironiškiai Meironiškiai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 269 people. It is located from Krakės town, by the Krakės-Josvain ...

. The sanctuary was created to protect a peripheral

moraine A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and Rock (geology), rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a gla ...

ridge fragment, which is not covered by forests.

References

{{KaunasCounty-geo-stub Protected areas in Kėdainiai District Municipality 1992 establishments in Lithuania