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List Of Islands Of Bothnian Bay
A list of islands of Bothnian Bay would include 4,001 islands if an island is defined as an area of land more than that is surrounded by water. Bothnian Bay (, ) is divided between northern Sweden and Finland. The north of the bay contains a large archipelago area. The largest island is Hailuoto, further south on the Finnish side. In the winter the larger islands may be accessed via ice roads. Some of them are inhabited or have seasonal fishing villages used by people from the mainland. Swedish islands The Swedish islands in the north of the bay may be grouped into the Piteå, Luleå, Kalix and Haparanda archipelagos. Many of the islands are uninhabited and in a natural state. There are other islands along the Swedish coast to the south of the archipelago area. Piteå Some of the larger islands in the Piteå archipelago include: * Baggen * Bergön * Buskön * Fårön, Piteå, Fårön * Jävre Sandön * Jävreholmen * Lill-Räbben * Mellerstön * Nörd-Mörön * Piteå-Rön ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bothnian Bay Map-fi
Bothnia or Bothnian may refer to: * Gulf of Bothnia, a gulf of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland **Bothnian Bay, the northernmost waters of the gulf **Bothnian Sea, the southernmost waters of the gulf * Provinces in Sweden and Finland named after the gulf: **Ostrobothnia (other), multiple entities **West Bothnia, located west of the gulf **North Bothnia, located northwest of the gulf * "Rear Bothnia", or Peräpohjola, southern part of Finnish Lapland * SS Bothnia, SS ''Bothnia'', transatlantic steamship (1874–99) * Bothnia Line, high speed railway in northern Sweden * Bothnian Highway, a main road between Kaskinen and Seinäjoki Similar spellings * Bosnia * Boothia (other) * Botany Bay {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Fishing Huts At Brändöskär
Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Maine, United States People *Old (surname) Music *OLD (band), a grindcore/industrial metal group * ''Old'' (Danny Brown album), a 2013 album by Danny Brown * ''Old'' (Starflyer 59 album), a 2003 album by Starflyer 59 * "Old" (song), a 1995 song by Machine Head *''Old LP'', a 2019 album by That Dog Other uses * ''Old'' (film), a 2021 American thriller film *''Oxford Latin Dictionary'' *Online dating *Over-Locknut Distance (or Dimension), a measurement of a bicycle wheel and frame *Old age See also *List of people known as the Old * * *Olde, a list of people with the surname *Olds (other) Olds may refer to: People * The olds, a jocular and irreverent online nickname for older adults * Bert Olds (1891–1953), Australian rules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likskär, Luleå
Altappen and Likskär are two islands in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago, which have joined due to post-glacial rebound to become a single island. Location Altappen lies to the southeast of the city of Luleå, about from the mainland fishing village of Lövskär. In the winter it can be reached via an ice road. Altappen was once the location of a large sawmill, but a major fire in 1908 destroyed the mills and houses, which were never rebuilt. The only building that has survived is the ''Byggmästarvillan''. With the rising land due to post-glacial rebound Post-glacial rebound (also called isostatic rebound or crustal rebound) is the rise of land masses after the removal of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound a ..., the islands of Altappen and Likskär or Liggskär to the southeast have joined to form a single island. Likskär consists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kluntarna
Kluntarna or ''Pite-Kluntarna'' is a Swedish island belonging to the Piteå archipelago in Norrbotten. The island lies on the eastern edge of the archipelago; to the east lies the Gulf of Bothnia The Gulf of Bothnia (; fi, Pohjanlahti; sv, Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the Sweden's east coast (West .... The island has no bridge to the mainland. It has a few buildings but no permanent residents. Kluntarna was part of the Patta Peken Nature Reserve, since 2018 included in the larger Kallfjärden Nature Reserve. References Swedish islands in the Baltic Islands of Norrbotten County {{Norrbotten-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junkön
Junkön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago. Location Junkön is one of the larger of the islands offshore from Luleå. It is said to be named after a Sami named Junker who grazed his reindeer on the island. The sandy western part of the island has been used by the airforce as a firing range since World War II, and is off limits to civilians. The eastern part of the island is well-forested, including pines that are over 200 years old. The Larsgrundet lighthouse is located on a shoal in the channel between the islands of Junkön and Storbrändön. It was built in 1965, and was still in operation as of 2013. The focal plane is . History The first records of the island date to 1491. The island would have been quite new then, having formed as the terrain rose due to post-glacial rebound. The first permanent resident settled on the island in 1783. There is a solidly built windmill dating from the late 1700s, in the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindersön
Hindersön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago. Location Hindersön is one of the largest of the islands in the Luleå Archipelago. It is about east of central Luleå. The island includes old farms and fishing ports. The school building and teacher's residence have been modernized for use for conferences and for rental accommodation. In winter the island can be accessed via an ice road, the longest in Sweden at . It runs from Hindersöstallarna on the mainland to the islands of Hindersön, Stor-Brändön and Långön. Normally the road is open from January to April. Vehicle weight restrictions apply. Environment Hindersön is made up of three smaller islands that have grown together through as the land rose through post-glacial rebound. The island names are preserved in Hindersön for the central part, Björkön for the eastern part and Gräsön for the western part. Hindersön is largely covered by spruce forest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brändöskär
Brändöskär and Uddskär are two islands in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago, joined by an isthmus. In the past there was a large summer fishing village around the bay between the two islands. Many of the buildings remain, and are now used for recreational purposes. Location Brändöskär is located in the outer part of the Luleå archipelago, about east of Lövskär on the mainland. Brändöskär is joined to the island of Uddskär by an isthmus. The cottages and boathouses of a fishing village were built around the bay between Brändöskär and Uddskär when the two islands were separate. The island was named after the fishing village of Brändön on the mainland. Brändöskär may be reached in summer by tour boats from Luleå. In the winter it is accessible on skis, ice skates or snowmobile. Village There is a beautiful fishing village on Brändöskär in a sheltered inlet with a public dock, with log fishing huts tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
