Gulf of Finland
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gulf of Finland eastern arm of the Baltic Sea, c.285 mi (460 km) long and from c.10 to c.75 mi (15-120 km) wide, between Finland and Russia and Estonia. The shallow gulf receives the Narva River and water from Lake Lagoda and the Saimaa lakes; it is frozen from December to March. The gulf, an important corridor for Russian and Estonian shipping, contains many islands. St. Petersburg and Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland) are the chief ports.
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