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The Bothnian Sea (Finnish
Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
: Selkämeri, Swedish
Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
: Bottenhavet) links the Bothnian Bay
Bothnian Bay

The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia is the most northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, the northern part of the Baltic Sea. Its northernmost point is situated in T?re....
 (called also Bay of Bothnia) with the Baltic proper
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
. Kvarken
Kvarken

Kvarken is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from Swedish mainland to Finnish mainland is around 80 km while the distance between the outmost islands is only 25 km....
 is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, the Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Bothnia

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the ?land, between the Sea of ?land and the Archipelago Sea....
. The whole Gulf of Bothnia is situated between Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, to the West, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, to the East, and the Sea of Åland
Sea of Åland

The Sea of ?land is the waters located in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, between the ?land islands and the Sweden mainland. The sea connects Kvarken and the Bothnian Sea with the Baltic Sea proper....
 and Archipelago Sea
Archipelago Sea

Archipelago Sea is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of ?land, within Finland territorial waters....
 to the South.

The surface area of Bothnian Sea is approximately 79,000 km².






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The Bothnian Sea (Finnish
Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
: Selkämeri, Swedish
Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
: Bottenhavet) links the Bothnian Bay
Bothnian Bay

The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia is the most northern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, the northern part of the Baltic Sea. Its northernmost point is situated in T?re....
 (called also Bay of Bothnia) with the Baltic proper
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
. Kvarken
Kvarken

Kvarken is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from Swedish mainland to Finnish mainland is around 80 km while the distance between the outmost islands is only 25 km....
 is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, the Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Bothnia

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the ?land, between the Sea of ?land and the Archipelago Sea....
. The whole Gulf of Bothnia is situated between Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, to the West, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, to the East, and the Sea of Åland
Sea of Åland

The Sea of ?land is the waters located in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, between the ?land islands and the Sweden mainland. The sea connects Kvarken and the Bothnian Sea with the Baltic Sea proper....
 and Archipelago Sea
Archipelago Sea

Archipelago Sea is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of ?land, within Finland territorial waters....
 to the South.

The surface area of Bothnian Sea is approximately 79,000 km². The largest coastal towns, from south to north, are Rauma
Rauma, Finland

Rauma is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of ca. inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori....
 and Pori
Pori

Pori is a List of cities and towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland on the west coast of Finland. The centre of the city it located some from the coast of Gulf of Bothnia, at the estuary of Kokem?enjoki river....
 in Finland, and Gävle
Gävle

G?vle ['j?:vl?] is a city in east central Sweden with 68,700 inhabitants . It is the seat of G?vle Municipality with a population of 92,416 and of G?vleborg County....
 and Sundsvall
Sundsvall

Sundsvall is a Cities in Sweden in Medelpad, lower Norrland in central Sweden. It is the seat of Sundsvall Municipality V?sternorrland County....
 in Sweden. Umeå
Umeå

Ume? is a university cities of Sweden in V?sterbotten, Sweden.Ume? is the biggest city in Norrland and the Capital of V?sterbotten County. The city has about 76,000 inhabitants and is the seat of Ume? Municipality ....
 (Sweden) and Vaasa
Vaasa

Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa....
 (Finland) lie in the extreme north, near Bothnian Bay.