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The Gulf of Riga, Bay of Riga, or Gulf of Livonia (Latvian: Rīgas līcis, Estonian: Liivi laht, Livonian: Piški meŗ, lit. 'Small Sea') [2] is a bay of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia. The island of Saaremaa (Estonia) partially separates it from the rest of the Baltic Sea.
The Gulf of Riga — a gulf or bay of the Baltic Sea, located in southwestern Estonia and northwestern Latvia. It forms the western Estonia–Latvia border , and is east of the main Baltic Sea basin.
Ruhnu (Swedish: Runö; Latvian: Roņu sala; Livonian: Rūnõmō) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea.Its territory of 11.9 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) is administratively part of Saare maakond (county).
Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea; Gulf of Roses, the most northeastern bay on the Catalan coast; Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary and the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean; Gulf St Vincent, Separated from Spencer Gulf by the Yorke Peninsula; Gulf of Salerno, which extends from Amalfi to Paestum across ...
"Baltic Sea" is used in Modern English; in the Baltic languages Latvian (Baltijas jūra; in Old Latvian it was referred to as "the Big Sea", while the present day Gulf of Riga was referred to as "the Little Sea") and Lithuanian (Baltijos jūra); in Latin (Mare Balticum) and the Romance languages French (Mer Baltique), Italian (Mar Baltico ...
The Gulf of Riga, with Irbe Strait on the left of the map. Irbe Strait, also known as Irben Strait (Estonian: Kura kurk, Irbe väin, Latvian: Irbes jūras šaurums, Livonian: Sūr meŗ), forms the main exit out of the Gulf of Riga to the Baltic Sea, between the Sõrve Peninsula forming the southern end of the island Saaremaa in Estonia and Courland Peninsula in Latvia.
The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers 307.17 km 2 (118.60 sq mi) and lies 1–10 m (3–33 ft) above sea level [12] on a flat and sandy plain. [12] Riga was founded in 1201, and is a former Hanseatic League member.
Kihnu is an island in the Baltic Sea.With an area of 16.4 km 2 (6.3 sq mi), it is the largest island in the Gulf of Riga [2] and the seventh largest island of Estonia.With a length of 7 km (4.3 mi) and width of 3.3 km (2.1 mi), the island's highest point is 8.9 metres (29.2 ft) above sea level.