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Gulf of Finland Satellite image showing the gulf entirely frozen over in January 2003. The Gulf of Finland has an area of 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi). [2] The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is 400 km (250 mi) and the width varies from 70 km (43 mi) near the entrance to 130 km (81 mi) on the meridian of Moshchny Island; in the Neva Bay, it decreases to 12 km (7.5 mi).
The Gulf of Finland U-boat campaign lasted in the Gulf of Finland during the World War II against the Soviet Union between summer 1944 and spring 1945. During the campaign Finland switched sides and joined the Allies.
A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. ... Gulf of Bothnia, part of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland; Gulf of Burgas, ...
In independent Finland they belonged to the parish then called Koivisto (Swedish: Björkö). The main settlement on the islands was then called Saarenpää (Krasnoostrovskiy). The islands gave their name to the Treaty of Björkö (1905). After World War II, they were ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union. The whole historical Finnish population ...
Gulf of Finland Naval Command (Finnish: Suomenlahden meripuolustusalue, Swedish: Finska vikens marinkommando) was a Finnish Navy unit headquartered in Upinniemi, Kirkkonummi. The main duty of the Gulf of Finland Naval Command during normal condition was the surveillance of Finnish territorial waters and maintaining territorial integrity.
Landing stages of Russian coast in Gulf of Finland (3 P) S. Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Finland (30 P) Pages in category "Gulf of Finland"
Vyborg Bay (Russian: Выборгский залив; Finnish: Viipurinlahti; Swedish: Viborgska viken) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf. The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major draw for tourists.
The Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park (Finnish: Itäisen Suomenlahden kansallispuisto, Swedish: Östra Finska vikens nationalpark) is a national park in the Kymenlaakso region of Finland. It was established in 1982 and has a total land area of 6.7 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi).