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Baltic Sea

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Baltic Sea arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.163,000 sq mi (422,170 sq km), including the Kattegat strait, its northwestern extension. The Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille Bælt connect the Baltic Sea with the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits, which lead to the North Sea; the Kiel Canal, across the Jutland peninsula, is a more direct connection with the North Sea. The Baltic Sea is connected with the White Sea by the White Sea-Baltic Canal, and with the Volga River by the Volga-Baltic Waterway. The Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, and the Gulf of Riga are the chief arms of the ... Read more
Baltic Sea operations
Baltic Sea operations. The German bombardment...the first act of war in the Baltic and one of the first of the...overwhelmed the small Polish Baltic Navy of fifteen warships, though...x2013;Soviet war , the Soviet Baltic Red Banner fleet blockaded Finnish sea communications with ... Read more
Baltic Sea
...the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland . The modifying effect of the North Atlantic Current is scarcely felt; its waters contain only about one-fourth as much salt as the oceans, and it freezes readily. Baltic Sea Baltic Sea Baltic Sea Read more

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