Gulf of Bothnia - Wikipedia
WEBThe Gulf of Bothnia (/ ˈ b ɒ θ n i ə /; Finnish: Pohjanlahti; Swedish: Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast (East Bothnia) and the northern part of Sweden's east coast (West Bothnia and North Bothnia).
Bothnian Sea - Wikipedia
WEBTogether, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, the Gulf of Bothnia, where the Bothnian Sea is the southern part. The whole Gulf of Bothnia is situated between Sweden , to the west, Finland , to the east, and the Sea of Åland and Archipelago Sea to the south.
Bothnian Bay - Wikipedia
WEBThe Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (Swedish: Bottenviken; Finnish: Perämeri) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has been removed, and within 2,000 years the bay will be a large freshwater lake since ...
Gulf Of Bothnia - WorldAtlas
WEBMar 2, 2021 · Covering an area of 117,000 km 2, the Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea, located in Northern Europe. The Gulf of Bothnia is bordered by Sweden in the west and by Finland in the east.
Gulf of Bothnia | Scandinavia, Finland, Sweden | Britannica
WEBGulf of Bothnia, northern arm of the Baltic Sea, between Sweden (west) and Finland (east). Covering an area of about 45,200 square miles (117,000 square km), the gulf extends for 450 miles (725 km) from north to south but only 50 to 150 miles (80 to 240 km) from east to west; it is nearly closed.
12 Major Gulf Of Bothnia Facts - Marine Insight
WEBJul 17, 2023 · 12 Major Gulf Of Bothnia Facts. The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea and lies between the western coast of Finland and the eastern coast of Sweden. It has two main basins, namely the Bothnian Bay and the Bothnian Sea, separated by a 25 m-shallow sill called the Northern Quark or Kvarken Strait.
High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
WEBThe Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, ‘De Geer moraines’, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet, 10,000 to 24,000 years ago.
Bothnian Sea - WorldAtlas
WEBApr 12, 2023 · The Bothnian Sea is a sub-basin of the larger Baltic Sea, a portion of the Atlantic Ocean bordering Finland, Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Russia, Lithuania, Germany, and Latvia. The sea has a surface area of 79,000 square kilometers, making it the largest section of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Gulf of Bothnia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBMap of the Baltic Sea, showing the Gulf of Bothnia in the upper right. The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea. Gulf of Bothnia is often divided into three ...
The Bothnian Sea National Park -marinefinland.fi
WEBFinland's most beautiful marine nature is in the Bothnian Sea. The Bothnian Sea National Park stretches in a long ribbon from the Kustavi archipelago to Merikarvia and covers a significant part of the outer archipelago of the Bothnian Sea.
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