Baltic Sea
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| Max. depth | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
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| Locations | Europe |
| Max. width | 193 km (120 mi) |
| Max. length | 1,601 km (995 mi) |
| Islands | Rügen |
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| Gotland | |
| Öland | |
| Saaremaa | |
| Hiiumaa | |
| Did you know | Artificial waterways connect the Baltic Sea to the White Sea, and the German Bight of the North Sea. |
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| ID | 405872 |
About Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, northwest Russia, Poland, Germany and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude.
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
... In addition, a UK-led task force is to soon begin patrols from the English Channel to the Baltic Sea, to protect Europe s critical undersea cables...
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...By Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC NewsFinnish police have said that the rupture of a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea was probably caused by an anchor dragging along the seabed...
Sweden investigating damage to Baltic undersea cable
... Countries on the Baltic Sea have been in a state of heightened vigilance regarding potential sabotage of undersea infrastructure since last September, when the Nord Stream 2 undersea pipeline was rendered inoperable by a series of explosions...
Finland investigates suspected sabotage of Baltic-connector gas pipeline
... along Finland s Baltic Sea coast at 01:20 on Sunday (22:20GMT on Saturday)...
End in sight for Poland's bus route 666 to Hel
... Route 666 usually runs in the summer along the Baltic Sea coast...
Ukraine war: Nato watches Russian 'Zombies' in Estonia
... With Finland now joining Nato, the Baltic Sea is bordered by seven members of the Western alliance, soon to be eight when the way is cleared for Sweden to join...
Nato gathers to welcome Finland as 31st member
... Nato will now have seven members on the Baltic Sea, further isolating Russia s coastal access to St Petersburg and its small exclave of Kaliningrad...
Finland to join Nato military alliance on Tuesday
... Finland will become the seventh Nato country on the Baltic Sea, further isolating Russia s coastal access at St Petersburg and on its small exclave of Kaliningrad...
Finland to join Nato military alliance on Tuesday
Finland will become the 31st member of Nato on Tuesday, the Western military alliance's secretary general has announced.
The application was prompted by The Invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border.
Turkey had delayed the application, complaining that Finland was supporting " terrorists".
Sweden applied to join Nato at the same time last May, but Turkey is blocking it over similar complaints.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused it of embracing Kurdish militants and allowing them to demonstrate on The Streets of Stockholm.
Any Nato expansion needs the support of all its members.
" We will raise the Finnish flag for the First Time here at Nato headquarters. It will be a Good Day for Finland's security, for Nordic security and for Nato as a whole, " Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels.
" Sweden will also be safer as a result, " He Said .
Finland's membership is one of The Most important moments in Nato's recent history.
Finland, a country with a 1,340km (832 mile) border with Russia And One of The Most powerful arsenals of artillery pieces in Western Europe , decided to ditch its neutrality and join The Alliance in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Sweden also abandoned a longstanding commitment to neutrality in applying to join Nato, but unlike its neighbour it does not share a border with Russia.
One of Nato's founding principles is the that of collective Defence - Meaning an attack on one member nation is treated as an attack on them all.
For Russian President Vladimir Putin , Finland's accession is a major strategic setback.
He sent his army into Ukraine Last Year in The Expectation it would check Nato's expansion and weaken Western collectivism. In fact, it has achieved the exact opposite.
Finland will become the seventh Nato country on the Baltic Sea , further isolating Russia's coastal access at St Petersburg and on its small exclave of Kaliningrad.
Finnish Public Opinion has been radically altered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Almost overnight last spring, support for Nato membership leapt from an underwhelming one-third of Finns to almost 80%.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
