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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 20 square metres (220 sq ft) that is surrounded by water.[1]

List of islands of Bothnian Bay is located in Scandinavia
List of islands of Bothnian Bay
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Location of Bothnian Bay in Scandinavia
Basic map of Bothnian Bay

Bothnian Bay (Swedish: Bottenviken, Finnish: Perämeri) is divided between northern Sweden and Finland.[1] The north of the bay contains a large archipelago area.[2] The largest island is Hailuoto, further south on the Finnish side.[2] 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.[1]

Swedish islands edit

The Swedish islands in the north of the bay may be grouped into the Piteå, Luleå, Kalix and Haparanda archipelagos.[3] Many of the islands are uninhabited and in a natural state.[4] There are other islands along the Swedish coast to the south of the archipelago area.

Piteå edit

Main article: List of islands of the Piteå archipelago

Some of the larger islands in the Piteå archipelago include:

Luleå edit

Main article: List of islands of the Luleå archipelago
 
Old fishing huts at Brändöskär

Some of the larger islands in the Luleå archipelago include:[5]

Kalix edit

Main article: List of islands of the Kalix archipelago

Some of the larger islands in the Kalix archipelago include:

Haparanda edit

 
The bridge to Seskaro
Main article: List of islands of the Haparanda archipelago

The Swedish Haparanda Archipelago National Park (Swedish: Haparanda skärgårds nationalpark) lies within the Haparanda group of islands, bordering the Finnish Bothnian Bay National Park. It includes the larger islands of Sandskär and Seskar Furö, and some smaller islands and skerries. All of these islands have emerged in the last 1,500 years as the bed of the bay has risen.[6] Some of the larger islands in Haparanda archipelago include:[7]

Other Swedish islands edit

Finnish islands edit

In the portion of the bay that belongs to Finland the majority of islands lie in the section between Tornio on the Swedish border and the large island of Hailuoto offshore from Oulu, although there are many small islands along the coast to the south. The Bothnian Bay National Park in the Finnish section (Finnish: Perämeren kansallispuisto, Swedish: Bottenvikens nationalpark), established in 1991, is located in the archipelago offshore from Tornio and Kemi. It covers 157 square kilometres (61 sq mi) of which about 2.5 square kilometres (0.97 sq mi) is land.[8]

Tornio municipality edit

Islands in the Tornio municipality beside the Swedish municipality of Haparanda include:

Kemi municipality edit

Islands in the Kemi municipality to the east of Tornio, at the mouth of river Kemijoki, include:

Simo municipality edit

Islands in the Simo municipality at the mouth of river Simojoki include:

Ii municipality edit

 
The Hermanni islands. A wintery view of a group of small islands in the Bothnian Bay near Oulu, Finland

Islands in the Ii municipality at the mouth of river Iijoki include:

Haukipudas municipality edit

 
Kellon Kraaseli in the winter

Islands in the former Haukipudas municipality include:

Oulu municipality edit

 
Kahvankari from the south

Islands in the Oulu municipality include:

Other Finnish islands edit

 
Boats in Marjaniemi on Hailuoto

Other islands in the Finnish part of the bay include.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c About the Bay ... Bottenvikens skärgård.
  2. ^ a b Leppäranta & Myrberg 2009, p. 55.
  3. ^ Index: bottenviken.se.
  4. ^ Sweden: Rough Guides 2003, p. 403.
  5. ^ Ankre 2005, p. 30.
  6. ^ Haparanda Skärgård National Park.
  7. ^ Öar i Haparanda skärgård.
  8. ^ Bay of Bothnia National Park.

References edit

  • "About the Bay of Bothnia". Bottenvikens skärgård. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  • Ankre, Rosemarie (2005). "A Case Study of the Luleå archipelago, Sweden" (PDF). Mid-Sweden University. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  • "Bay of Bothnia National Park". Lapland Travel Info. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  • "Haparanda Skärgård National Park". Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  • "Index". bottenviken.se. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  • Leppäranta, Matti; Myrberg, Kai (2009-03-20). Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea. Springer. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-540-79703-6. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  • "Öar i Haparanda skärgård". bottenviken.se. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  • Sweden. Rough Guides. 2003. ISBN 978-1-84353-066-4. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
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