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Baltic Sea

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Also known as: Østersøen, Östersjön, Baltiyskoye More, Itämeri, Morze Bałtyckie, Ostsee

Written by Alastair Dougal Couper, Alice F.A. MuttonSee All

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Apr 10, 2024 • Article History

Category: Geography & Travel

German:: Ostsee

Swedish:: Östersjön

Russian:: Baltiyskoye More

Finnish:: Itämeri

Polish:: Morze Bałtyckie

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Baltic Sea, arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, extending northward from the latitude of southern Denmark almost to the Arctic Circle and separating the Scandinavian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe. The largest expanse of brackish water in the world, the semienclosed and relatively shallow Baltic Sea is of great interest to scientists, while to historians it represents the economic core of the Hanseatic League, the great medieval trading group of northern European ports. The many names for the sea attest to its strategic position as a meeting place of many countries. The Baltic Sea covers about 149,000 square ...(100 of 2824 words)

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