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Kvarken
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Kvarken ( (as opposed to South Kvarken); ) is the narrow region of the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from the Swedish mainland to the Finnish mainland is around , while the distance between the outermost islands is only . The water depth in the Kvarken region is only around . The region also has an unusual rate of land rising at almost a year.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Kvarken
- Body of water.other_name
- Norra Kvarken, Merenkurkku
- Body of water.image
- Svedjehamn panorama sett från utsiktstornet Saltkaret.jpg
- Body of water.alt
- Refer to caption
- Body of water.caption
- View over Kvarken from Svedjehamn, Björkö, Finland
- Body of water.image_bathymetry
- Kvarken.png
- Body of water.alt_bathymetry
- Map showing the location of Kvarken in the Gulf of Bothnia
- Body of water.bathymetry_size
- 220px
- Body of water.location
- Finland, Sweden
- Body of water.type
- strait
- Body of water.part_of
- Gulf of Bothnia
- Body of water.length
- N-S:
- Body of water.width
- E-W:
- Body of water.salinity
- 4
- Body of water.islands
- 6,550
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Kvarken Archipelago
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Kvarken Archipelago Finland.png
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 336900
- Official website
- www.kvarken.fi
- Image
- Klubbudden på Högbonden.jpg
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- native label
- Merenkurkku
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- Kvarken
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- Kvarken Archipelago
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Kvarken ( (as opposed to South Kvarken); ) is the narrow region of the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from the Swedish mainland to the Finnish mainland is around , while the distance between the outermost islands is only . The water depth in the Kvarken region is only around . The region also has an unusual rate of land rising at almost a year.
Several attempts to cross the strait swimming have been made, but cold water and currents have usually been insurmountable obstacles. The first successful crossing was carried out by Lennart Flygare, Pavio Grzelewski and Tore Klingberg, who on 24 July, 2018, swam from Valassaaret (Valsörarna) on the Finnish side to Holmöarna in Sweden. It took them 12 hours 2 minutes to cross the strait.
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