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The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [1][2][3] Unlike the "Baltic states", the Baltic region includes all countries that border the sea.
The Baltic states[a] or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, Council of Europe, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea are sometimes referred to as the "Baltic nations", less ...
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain. [3] The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude.
The Baltic sea urban areas seen from space. Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, in Saint Petersburg, Russia House of the Blackheads (Riga), Latvia Klaipėda, Lithuania Darłowo Riddarholmen in Stockholm, Sweden Ystad, Sweden Szczecin, Poland The medieval Turku Castle, Turku, Finland Lighthouse in Kołobrzeg, Poland Neptune fountain in Gdańsk, Poland Eldena Abbey, Greifswald, Germany Ruin of St. Peter ...
The Balts or Baltic peoples (Lithuanian: baltai, Latvian: balti) are a group of peoples inhabiting the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea who speak Baltic languages. Among the Baltic peoples are modern-day Lithuanians (including Samogitians) and Latvians (including Latgalians) — all East Balts — as well as the Old Prussians, Curonians ...
Physical map and geomorphological subdivision of Lithuania. Lithuania is located in the Baltic region of Europe [ a ] and covers an area of 65,300 km 2 (25,200 sq mi). [ 55 ] It lies between latitudes 53° and 57° N, and mostly between longitudes 21° and 27° E (part of the Curonian Spit lies west of 21°).
Baltic Rim region; Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden [citation needed] The term Baltic states generally applies to ...
Territorial changes of the Baltic states refers to the redrawing of borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia after 1940. The three republics, formerly autonomous regions within the former Russian Empire and before that of former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and as provinces of the Swedish Empire, gained independence in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917.