Szelment | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Suwałki |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Szypliszki |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 54.2933°N 23.0581°W |
Szelment (; Lithuanian: Šelmentas,) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szypliszki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania.[1] Szelment is located 15 km north of Suwałki. It is also home to a 1000m cable car line, the second-longest in Poland.[2] It is located 6.0 km from the nearest city in Lithuania, Salaperaugis.