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The borders were agreed to be the Sea of Åland, the Gulf of Bothnia, and the rivers Tornionjoki and Muonionjoki. Islands in the sea belonged to whichever country was nearest to them. At the mouth of the Torniojoki river, Pirkkio island, the harbor of Roytta and the city of Tornio were agreed to belong to Russia. Along the rivers, the border ...
The Finnish capital, Helsinki, is the northernmost capital city on the mainland of any continent, and ranks as second globally (the Icelandic capital Reykjavik takes the first place globally). At 1,313 kilometres (816 mi), Finland has the second-longest border with Russia of any European country, surpassed only by Ukraine (1,576 km or 979 mi).
Borders of Finland; B. Border and Coast Guard Academy, Finland; Finnish Border Guard; N. Finland–Norway border; R. Finland–Russia border; S. Finland–Sweden border
(Notes: Dependencies and islands remote from continental land masses [vague] are not considered and are excluded from this list section; thus only continental land borders are considered. The only countries listed either straddle continents or are on a continent border.)
Within Finland's borders there are 789 islands of over 1 km 2 area. Most of these are inhabited, and have road connection to the mainland. There are altogether 75,818 islands that have over 0.5 km 2 area in Finland and with all the smaller isles, the total number of islands in Finland is 178,947. [1]
This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. For each country or territory, the number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination.
Finland covers a total area of 338,145 square kilometres (130,559 sq mi), including a land area of 303,815 square kilometres (117,304 sq mi), [4] and has a population of 5.6 million. [10] Helsinki is the capital and largest city. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns.
Gulf of Finland Satellite image showing the gulf entirely frozen over in January 2003. The gulf has an area of 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi). [2] The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is 400 km (250 mi) and the width varies from 70 km (43 mi) near the entrance to 130 km (81 mi) on the meridian of Moshchny Island; in the Neva Bay, it decreases to 12 km (7.5 mi).