{"id":64318,"date":"2025-09-20T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T07:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64318"},"modified":"2025-09-20T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T07:29:43","slug":"gulf-of-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf of Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gulf of Finland Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated the airspace of NATO member Estonia over the Gulf of Finland recently and remained there for 12 minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gulf of Finland<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the e<\/span><b>asternmost extension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/baltic-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baltic Sea<\/a>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in Northern Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of 30,000 sq.km. It is one of the l<\/span><b>argest bodies of brackish water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gulf extends for 400 km from east to west but only 19 to 130 km from north to south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bordered by Finland in the north, Russia in the east, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Estonia in the south.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both the <\/span><b>Finnish capital city, Helsinki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Estonian capital, Tallinn,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are located right <\/span><b>on the shores of the Gulf of Finland.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>At the very eastern end<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the gulf is the <\/span><b>Russian city of St. Petersburg.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gulf is<\/span><b> relatively shallow <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with an estimated average depth of 38 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of <\/span><b>low salinity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (six parts per thousand), the gulf <\/span><b>freezes over for three to five months in winter.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> receives the Neva and Narva rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Saimaa Canal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gulf faces a <\/span><b>humid continental climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with hot summers and relatively harsh winters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gulf contains <\/span><b>numerous banks, skerries and islands. <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">largest include Kotlin Island with the city of Kronstadt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (population 42,800), <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Beryozovye Islands, Lisiy Island,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Maly Vysotsky Island, and many others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/148821\/OPS\/G59EU172A.1+GRHEU3029.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf of Finland is the easternmost extension of the Baltic Sea, located in Northern Europe. 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