Baltic may refer to:

Peoples and languages

Baltic languages The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 4.5 million people mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. Together with the Slavic lang ...

, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian * Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries * Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia * Baltic Finnic peoples, the Finnic peoples historically inhabiting the area on the northeastern side of the Baltic sea

Places

Northern Europe

* Baltic Sea, in Europe *

Baltic region The terms Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, mainly in Northern Europe. ...

, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea *

Baltic states The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, ...

(also Baltic countries, Baltic nations, Baltics), a geopolitical term, currently referring to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania * Baltic Provinces or governorates, former parts of the Swedish Empire and then Russian Empire (in modern Latvia, Estonia) *

Baltic Shield The Baltic Shield (or Fennoscandian Shield) is a segment of the Earth's crust belonging to the East European Craton, representing a large part of Fennoscandia, northwestern Russia and the northern Baltic Sea. It is composed mostly of Archean and ...

, the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton *

Baltic Plate The Baltic Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed from the Cambrian Period to the Carboniferous Period. The Baltic Plate collided against Siberia, to form the Ural Mountains about 280 million years ago. The Baltic Plate, however, fused on ...

, an ancient tectonic plate that is now fused onto the Eurasian Plate

North America

* Baltic, Connecticut * Baltic, Ohio * Baltic, South Dakota

Ships and related

* ''Baltic'' (steamship) * ''Baltic'' (tug), a German emergency tow vessel *

CSS Baltic CSS ''Baltic'' was an ironclad warship that served in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. A towboat before the war, she was purchased by the state of Alabama in December 1861 for conversion into an ironclad. After being ...

, an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler ship built in 1860 * HMS ''Baltic'' (1808), Royal Navy cutter, formerly the Russian ''Opyt'' * Baltic Exchange, a UK company that operates as a marketplace for shipbrokers, ship owners and charterers **

Baltic Dry Index The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is a shipping freight-cost index issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Timecharter Averages. It is reported around the world as a proxy for dr ...

, a daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange *

Baltic Fleet , image = Great emblem of the Baltic fleet.svg , image_size = 150 , caption = Baltic Fleet Great ensign , dates = 18 May 1703 – present , country = , allegiance = (1703–1721) (1721–1917) (1917–1922) (1922–1991)(1991–present) ...

, the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea * Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia

Sport

* Baltic Cup (football), an international football tournament held between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania * Baltic League, a football club tournament held between the top club sides from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, defunct since 2011 * Baltic Basketball League, founded in 2004

Other uses

* ''Baltics'' (poem), a 1974 long poem by Tomas Tranströmer *

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (also known simply as (the) Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety ...

in Gateshead, UK * Baltic State Opera, the Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland * Baltic Mining Company, a copper mining operation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan * Baltic, a locomotive with a

4-6-4 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels. In France where the type was first used, it is known as t ...

wheel arrangement