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Hanko is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Hanko is approximately 8,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 40,000. It is the 121st most populous municipality in Finland. Hanko is located 130 kilometres (80 mi) west of Helsinki and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-west of Ekenäs.
The town of Hanko is situated on the peninsula, as is the Port of Hanko. The Baltic Sea proper is demarcated by a line from the Hanko Peninsula to the northwesternmost point of mainland Estonia. The waters east of this line are considered the Gulf of Finland. Map of Hanko Peninsula Aerial view of Hanko Peninsula
Location of the Finnish municipality of Hanko in 2008: Date: 26 April 2008: Source: SVG map of Finland is created by user Care. Original bitmap map is created by User:Ningyou: Author: Original artist: Ningyou. SVG-map created by Care: Other versions: Original SVG is/was here: w:fi:Kuva:Suomi.karttapohja.svg. Bitmap is/was here: w:fi:Kuva ...
Hanko Naval Base location on a map. Hanko Naval Base was a short-lived Soviet naval base on the southern coast of Finland, operational for less than two years in the early 1940s. The base was located in the town of Hanko on the Hanko Peninsula, which is located 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Helsinki, the Finnish capital.
With total annual international cargo throughput of 4.8 million tons in 2018, Hanko is the 6th biggest port in Finland by cargo tonnage. The total volume is fairly evenly split between exports and imports. [4] The Port of Hanko specialises in fast cargo liner traffic, with the major operators including Transfennica , Finnlines and DFDS. [5]
August Hanko (military personnel), German First World War flying ace; August Hanko (politician), Estonian politician; Hanko (stamp), a Japanese signature stamp; Hanko Sushi, a sushi restaurant chain founded in Hanko, Finland
The former Hanko Northern station building. Hanko Northern railway station (abbrev. Hkp, Finnish: Hanko-Pohjoisen seisake and Swedish: Hangö Norra) is a railway stop in the port city of Hanko, Finland along the Hanko-Hyvinkää Railroad. The stop is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) north of the terminus, Hanko railway station.
The Battle of Hanko (also known as the Hanko front or the siege of Hanko) was a lengthy series of small battles fought on Hanko Peninsula during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union in the second half of 1941. As both sides were eager to avoid a major, costly ground battle, fighting took the form of trench warfare, with ...