The Archipelago Sea is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of Åland, within Finnish territorial waters. By some definitions it contains the largest ar
The inner archipelago is wooded. Picture taken in autumn, when reeds surrounding the islands have turned brown.
The minor inhabited island groups could sustain only one or a few families and only with fish as the main source of income. Kråkskär was inhabited until 1956.
The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast and the northern part of Sweden's east coast. It is divided into the Bothnian Bay, the Kvarken and the Bothn
Archipelago Sea
…The Archipelago Sea (Swedish: Skärgårdshavet, Finnish: Saaristomeri) is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of Åland, within Finnish territorial waters. By some definitions it contains the largest archipelago in the world by…
Depiction of the gulf, circa 1830
June 2006 view of the Gulf of Bothnia in Finland.
Pilot station and lighthouse in the Hailuoto Island, a municipality island at the Bothnian Bay near the city of Oulu
Sandy beaches of Kalajoki at the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia