Baltic Sea  (Mer Baltique)

The Baltic Sea (Mer Baltique) is a brackish mediterranean sea found between Central and Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula.

 

Baltic Sea

 

Baltic Sea (Mer Baltique)

Geophysical data

The Baltic Sea (Mer Baltique)  is a brackish inland sea, perhaps the largest body of brackish waters in the world (other possibilities include the Black Sea, Hudson Bay and the Caspian Sea). The Baltic Sea occupies a basin (a zungenbecken) formed by glacial erosion during the last few ice ages.

Mer Baltique

 

Baltic Sea (Mer Baltique) Sea ice

On the long-term average, the Baltic Sea (Mer Baltique)  is ice-covered at the annual maximum for about 45% of its surface areas. The ice-covered areas during such a typical winter includes the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Riga, Väinameri in the Estonian archipelago, the Stockholm archipelago and the Archipelago Sea of Finnish territorial water.

Ships Stuck in Ice in Baltic Sea

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgWo1uCu-RA