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    Kvarken (Swedish: Kvarken, Norra Kvarken (as opposed to South Kvarken); Finnish: Merenkurkku, lit. 'throat of the sea') is the narrow region of the Gulf...
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  • Kvarken Bridge (Finnish: Merenkurkun silta, Swedish: Kvarkenbron) is a proposed bridge between Sweden and Finland across the strait of Kvarken as a part...
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  • South Kvarken (Finnish: Ahvenanrauma, Swedish: Södra Kvarken) is the narrowest stretch of sea between Finnish Åland and Sweden, forming a strait connecting...
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  • Sammallahdenmäki Suomenlinna Kvarken Old Rauma Petäjävesi Old Church Verla Struve Geodetic Arc The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
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  • 1948, Rederi Ab Vasa-Umeå was founded to start passenger traffic across Kvarken, the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia. On 28 May, the company's first...
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    Skagerrak Wadden Sea Dogger Bank Baltic Sea Gulf of Bothnia Kvarken Bothnian Sea South Kvarken Sea of Åland Archipelago Sea Gulf of Finland Vyborg Bay Neva...
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    moraines may have developed from crevasses underneath the ice sheet. The Kvarken has a very high density of de Geer moraines. End moraines, or terminal...
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  • tall cliffs. The High Coast is part of the Swedish/Finnish High Coast/Kvarken Archipelago UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its exceptional geology...
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    Bothnian Bay (also called the Bay of Bothnia) with the Baltic proper. Kvarken is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up...
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  • the minority speakers of Finnish (8%). Maxmo was part of the Kvarken Archipelago. The Kvarken Archipelago is continuously rising from the sea at a rate among...
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    the north, in the Bothnian Bay, the salinity is so low, from 0.4% near Kvarken to 0.2% in the northernmost part, that many freshwater fish such as the...
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  • inscribed in 2012. There are two transnational sites. The High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago is shared with Finland, while the Struve Geodetic Arc is shared...
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  • (in Finnish) is a small archipelago in Korsholm, Finland, located in the Kvarken region of the Gulf of Bothnia. The islands are the last you see when going...
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    between Germany and the Czech Republic. The natural site High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago is shared between Finland and Sweden. The cultural site Taputapuatea...
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    municipal seat Robertsfors and several kilometers inland from the Swedish Kvarken of the Gulf of Bothnia. Transportations are reliable via the European route...
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    northern edge of the basin is named the Southern Quark or South Kvarken (Swedish: Södra Kvarken, Finnish: Ahvenanrauma). The trench running on the bottom of...
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    Furuögrund [sv], the northeastern part of Skellefteå Municipality, north of Kvarken.) Because of the mobility of the sand dunes, forests have been planted...
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    years the bay will be a large freshwater lake since its link to the south Kvarken is mostly less than 20 metres (66 ft) deep. The bay today is fed by several...
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    the Bothnian Bay in early January. The Bothnian Sea, the basin south of Kvarken, freezes on average in late February. The Gulf of Finland and the Gulf...
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    cultivated fields (lakeus) as in Southern Ostrobothnia, and the archipelago of Kvarken (Finnish: Merenkurkku). Glacial transport has deposited large quantities...
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    Pudozh, Russia, in 2000 Mo i Rana, Norway Hemavan, Sweden Lycksele, Sweden Kvarken, Finland Replot Bridge, Finland Liperi, Finland Kuopio, Finland Valaam...
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    where its irregularities surpasses sea-level groups of islands like the Kvarken Archipelago or the Åland Islands are found. Åland is connected to the Finnish...
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    Gulf of Bothnia is predicted to eventually close up at Kvarken in more than 2,000 years. The Kvarken is a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, selected as...
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    Norrtälje. It is separated from Åland by a stretch of water named South Kvarken. A separate group of islands lies further north, near the town of Öregrund...
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  • Ware cultures. The area of Kiukainen culture ranged from the shore of Kvarken to Vyborg Bay. Kiukainen culture is named after the Kiukainen municipality...
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  • and Japan Gulf of Kuşadası – between Turkey and the Greek island Samos Kvarken – between Sweden and Finland Kwangtung Strait Lancaster Sound – between...
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    September 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2023. "Rauma Marine Constructions and Kvarken Link have signed the construction agreement for the new Vaasa-Umeå ferry...
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    Holmöarna (Swedish, literally the islet islands) is an island group in the Kvarken narrows of the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. The islands...
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    direction taking about three and a half hours. A road bridge, known as the Kvarken Bridge has been proposed by parties on both sides of the Gulf, along which...
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  • Botnia". Kvarken Link. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020. "The keel of Wasaline's new ferry was laid at Rauma shipyard". Kvarken Link. 13 February...
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