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Gulf of Finland Satellite image showing the gulf entirely frozen over in January 2003. The Gulf of Finland 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).
The port grew up around the Neste oil refinery built there in the mid-1960s, [2] and even today it still mostly handles crude and refined oil and petrochemical products. Adjacent to the port is the largest oil refinery and petrochemical cluster in the Nordic region , [ 6 ] covering an area of c. 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi) and hosting some ...
This list of ports in Finland includes the largest cargo and passenger sea ports in Finland by international transport volumes. [1] It excludes individual harbours (such as Vuosaari Harbour , part of the Port of Helsinki), military bases, marinas and inland waterway ports (such as the Port of Lappeenranta ).
Kotka is a major port and industrial city situated on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a culturally diverse city with a variety of schools. It was previously a part of the former Kymi parish. Kymi, Haapasaari island, and Karhula, which was once a separate market town, were later incorporated into Kotka.
The islands are situated at the head of the Gulf of Finland, just outside the town of Primorsk on the Karelian Isthmus. The total area of the group, stretching along the coast for 200 km, is 92 km 2. There are 15 islands in the group, the largest of which is Bolshoy Beryozovy (Large Berezovy, Finnish: Koivistonsaari).
Tallinn Bay has a steep slope, which allows for good water exchange with the waters of the Gulf of Finland. [2] Tallinn Bay is one of the deepest bays in Estonia, max depth is about 100 m. [3] The Old Town is situated close to the sheltered Tallinn Bay, which is a natural harbour and the main passenger port. [2]
The Neva Bay (Russian: Не́вская губа́, romanized: Névskaya gubá), also known as the Gulf of Kronstadt, is the easternmost part of the Gulf of Finland between Kotlin Island and the Neva River estuary where Saint Petersburg city centre is located. It has a surface area of 329 km 2 (127 sq mi).
Aerial view of Kulosaari (the larger island) and Mustikkamaa (on the upper-left side) Mustikkamaa restaurant in the 1920s. Mustikkamaa (Finnish: [ˈmustikːɑˌmɑː]; Swedish: Blåbärslandet; literally translates to "blueberry land") is an island in the Gulf of Finland, some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the east of the city centre of Helsinki, and c. 36 hectares (89 acres) in size.