baltic sea

     

Coorinates: 59°30′N, 23°00′E

Trivia about baltic sea

  • Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory, sits between Poland & Lithuania on this sea
  • About a tenth of Estonia's land area consists of islands in this sea
  • A small portion of Russia is separated from the motherland & lies between Poland & Lithuania on this sea
  • Poland & Lithuania are among the countries that border this sea
  • To Europeanize Russia, Peter moved the capital to St. Petersburg, the city he'd founded on this sea
  • The Swedish island Gotland lies in this sea
  • The resort of Parnu, Estonia has been called the "Pearl of" this sea, due to its white sandy beaches
  • 3 important cities on this sea include Stockholm, Gdansk & Klaipeda, Lithuania
  • Seen here is this sea here. See?
  • Gdansk, Poland is a major port on this sea
  • A series of canals links the Volga River to this sea via the Gulf of Finland
  • Churchill said an iron curtain had descended over Europe from this northern sea to the Adriatic
  • The Gulf of Finland & the Gulf of Bothnia both extend from this sea
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland was due largely to friction over a strip of land called the Polish Corridor; it was taken from Germany and awarded to Poland by the Versailles Treaty, giving Poland direct access to this sea
  • Gotland & Bornholm
  • Gotland? It's an island in this sea between Sweden & Latvia
  • The Neman River, Lithuania's longest, begins in Belarus & empties into this sea

Found pages about baltic sea