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The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea located in northern Europe, bordered by Finland, Russia, and Estonia. It serves as an important waterway for shipping and connects these countries to major Baltic trade routes.
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- Area
- 29500
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- Gulf of Finland NLT Landsat7.png
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- Commons category
- Gulf of Finland
- vertical depth
- 121
- native label
- Finska viken
- salinity
- 4.70
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The Gulf of Finland (Estonian: Soome laht; Finnish: Suomenlahti; Russian: Фи́нский зали́в, romanized: Finskiy zaliv; Swedish: Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg—the second largest city of Russia—to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn. The eastern parts of the gulf belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbors are located there, including Primorsk. As the seaway to Saint Petersburg, the gulf is of considerable strategic importance to Russia. Some of the environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf. Proposals for an undersea Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel through the gulf have been made.
Geography