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Baltic sea

Baltic Sea
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Map of the Baltic Sea
Location Europe
Coordinates 58°N 20°E / 58°N 20°E / 58; 20Coordinates: 58°N 20°E / 58°N 20°E / 58; 20 (slightly east of the north tip of Gotland Island)
Type Sea
Primary inflows Daugava, Kemijoki, Neman, Neva, Oder, Vistula, Lule, Narva, Torne
Primary outflows The Danish Straits
Catchment area 1,641,650 km2 (633,840 sq mi)
Basin countries Coastal: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden
Non-coastal: Belarus, Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia, Ukraine
Max. length 1,601 km (995 mi)
Max. width 193 km (120 mi)
Surface area 377,000 km2 (146,000 sq mi)
Average depth 55 m (180 ft)
Max. depth 459 m (1,506 ft)
Water volume 21,700 km3 (1.76×1010 acre·ft)
Residence time 25 years
Shore length1 8,000 km (5,000 mi)
Islands Abruka, Aegna, Archipelago Sea Islands (Åland Islands), Bornholm, Dänholm, Ertholmene, Falster, Fårö, Fehmarn, Gotland, Hailuoto, Hiddensee, Hiiumaa, Holmöarna, Kassari, Kesselaid, Kihnu, Kimitoön, Kõinastu, Kotlin, Laajasalo, Lauttasaari, Lidingö, Ljusterö, Lolland, Manilaid, Mohni, Møn, Muhu, Poel, Prangli, Osmussaar, Öland, Replot, Ruhnu, Rügen, Saaremaa, Stora Karlsö, Suomenlinna, Suur-Pakri and Väike-Pakri, Ummanz, Usedom/Uznam, Väddö, Värmdö, Vilsandi, Vormsi, Wolin
Settlements Copenhagen, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Kiel, Klaipėda, Lübeck, Luleå, Oulu, Riga, , Saint Petersburg, , Tallinn, Turku
References
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Baltic Sea (German: Ostsee; Polish: Morze Bałtyckie, Bałtyk; Russian: Балтийское море; Danish: Østersøen; Swedish: Östersjön; Lithuanian: Baltijos jūra; Latvian: Baltijas jūra; Estonian: Läänemeri; Finnish: Itämeri) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic countries, and the North European Plain. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bay of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga, and the Bay of Gdańsk. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. A mediterranean sea of the Atlantic, with limited water exchange between the two bodies, the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish islands into the Kattegat by way of the straits of Øresund, the Great Belt, and the Little Belt.


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