Baltic islands Baltic islands The Åland Islands, or Landskapet Åland in Swedish, or Ahvenanmaan maakunta/Ahvenanmaa in Finnish, are an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking administrative province of Finland. (Åland is pronounced / /or / / in English.) The Åland Islands consist of a Main Island, Fasta Åland, with 90% of the population and east thereof an archipelago of more than 6,500 skerries and islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia. Fasta Åland is separated by open water from the coast of Sweden, 40 km to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is virtually contiguous with the Finnish Archipelago Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Åland"
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. It also refers to Bornholm Regional Municipality, the municipality ( Danish, kommune) which covers the entire island, and has county privileges. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bornholm"
The Darss (also Darß) is originally a part of a peninsula at the South of the Baltic Sea in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darss"
Ertholmene, sometimes called Christiansø, is a small archipelago situated approximately 18 km northeast of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. Ertholmene (literally meaning pea islands) belong to Denmark, the skerry of Østerskær forming the easternmost point of that country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ertholmene"
Fischland-Darss-Zingst (also Fischland-Darß-Zingst) is a peninsula at the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fischland-Darss-Zingst"
Hailuoto (Karlö in Swedish) is a municipality in the province of Oulu, in Finland. The population of Hailuoto is 979 ( 2003- 12-31) and the municipality covers an area of 197.82 km² (excluding sea areas) of which 2.64 km² is inland water ( 2004- 01-01). The population density is 5.0 inhabitants per km² ( 2004- 01-01). ...more on Wikipedia about "Hailuoto"
Märket ( Swedish and Finnish), Market Reef, or Market Island is a small rock in the sea between Sweden and the autonomous Åland Islands that since the Treaty of Fredrikshamn defines the border between Sweden and Finland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Märket"
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Rügen ( Polish: Rugia) is an island located off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the Baltic Sea. Its area is 935 km² and its population was 73,000 in 2001. It is the Germany's largest island and along with the neighboring islands Hiddensee and Ummanz is administrated as the Rügen District. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rügen"
Ummanz is a small island situated off the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ummanz"
Usedom ( German) / Uznam ( Polish) is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Bay (Ger: Stettiner Haff, Pol: Zalew Szczeciński) estuary of the Oder (Pol: Odra) river in Pomerania. Most of the island is a part of German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (district Ostvorpommern) but the city of Świnoujście (Ger. Swinemünde) at the eastern end of the island has belonged to Poland since 1945. Area 445 km²; German part 373 km², Polish part 72 km². Population 76,500; German part 31,500; Polish part 45,000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Usedom"
Wolin is the name shared by an island located in the Baltic Sea located just off the Polish coast, and a town located on the island. It is nearly connected to the island of Usedom. Water from the Oder river (Odra) flows into the Szczecin Bay (in Polish Zalew Szczeciński; in German Stettiner Haff), through the strait into Pomeranian Bay (in Polish Zatoka Pomorska; in German Pommersche Bucht), which is a part of the Baltic Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wolin"
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