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The Gulf of Finland is a body of water that points east from the Baltic Sea with Finland on its north side and Estonia on its south side. Both Finnish capital Helsinki and Estonian capital Tallinn are at shore of Gulf of Finland. At the bottom of the gulf of Finland is Russia and its most important coast city St. Petersburg.

The water is less salty in the eastern side of the Gulf. This is because the Neva River flows into the Gulf in the east.

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  • La2-demis-gulf-of-finland

    Gulf of Finland

  • Record sea ice in Gulf of Finland 2003

    Satellite image showing the gulf entirely frozen over in January 2003.

  • Malusi hülged 02

    Malusi islands in Estonia are one of the main habitats of grey seals in the Gulf of Finland.

  • Nicholas Roerich, Guests from Overseas

    Overseas Guests by Nicholas Roerich, 1899

  • Laevavrakk "Kazanets"

    Shipwreck of Kazanets near Osmussaar in Estonia.

  • Location of Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex

    Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex on the Soikinsky Peninsula in the Kingiseppsky District of northwestern Russia

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