World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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Courland Lagoon

LakePeipus

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Burtnieku

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Gulf ofBothnia

HiiumaaSaaremaa

Vormsi

Gotland

ESTONIA

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

KALININGRAD(part of Russian

Federation)

FINLAND

SWEDEN

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Navapolatsk

Haapsalu

Kohtla-Järve

Loksa

Narva

Paide

Paldiski Pärnu

Rakvere

Tapa

Valga

Virtsu

Võru

Plunge

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Chernyakhovsk

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Dobele

Jelgava

Madona

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Saldus

Talsi

Valmiera

Ventspils

Kolka

Kuressaare

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kabpils

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Ogre

Rich oil shale deposits in northern Estoniaare quarried, crushed, and heated to producealmost 7000 barrels of oil a day. Daugavpils

Low salinity and the shallow coastal waters cause pack ice to accumulate at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia and off Finland during most winters; occasionally the ice becomes banked up in pressure ridges that are almost 50 ft (15 m) high.

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EUROPE

The Baltic States & Belarus

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