Ķīpsala is an island on the left bank of the Daugava river, connected to Riga city center and Pārdaugava by the Shroud Bridge.

Ķīpsala is divided from the rest of Riga by the Daugava in the east, Roņu dīķis in the north, Zunda in the west and Agenskalna līcis in the south.

There is a campus of the Riga Technical University including dormitories on Ķīpsala as well as the Olimpia shopping mall.

[1] The Žanis Lipke Memorial is located on the island at Mazais Balasta dambis 9.

[2] It was built next to the home of Jānis Lipke, where he had arranged a shelter for rescued Jews during the Nazi occupation.