Bothnia or Bothnian may refer to:
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Gulf of Bothnia, a gulf of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland
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Bothnian Bay
The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (; ) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has been removed, and wi ...
, the northernmost waters of the gulf
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Bothnian Sea
The Bothnian Sea ( sv, Bottenhavet; fi, Selkämeri) links the Bothnian Bay (also called the Bay of Bothnia) with the Baltic proper. Kvarken is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, ...
, the southernmost waters of the gulf
* Provinces in Sweden and Finland named after the gulf:
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Ostrobothnia (disambiguation) Ostrobothnia (East Bothnia) refers to various areas in Finland:
* Ostrobothnia County, province of the Kingdom of Sweden 1634–1775
* Ostrobothnia (historical province), province of the Kingdom of Sweden before 1809
* Ostrobothnia (region), in mod ...
, multiple entities
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West Bothnia
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...
, located west of the gulf
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North Bothnia
Norrbotten (), known in English as North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
Administration
The traditional provinces of Swede ...
, located northwest of the gulf
* "Rear Bothnia", or
Peräpohjola
Southern Lapland ( fi, Peräpohjola or ''Peräpohja''; sv, Nordbotten or ''Överbotten''; lit. "Rear Bothnia") was the northernmost part of the historical province of Ostrobothnia, and has sometimes been considered a separate region, but it is n ...
, southern part of Finnish Lapland
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SS ''Bothnia'', transatlantic steamship (1874–99)
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Bothnia Line
The Bothnia Line ( sv, Botniabanan) is a high-speed railway line in northern Sweden. The long route, from Höga Kusten Airport, where it connects to the Ådalen Line, via Örnsköldsvik to Umeå, was opened in 2010 and trains are allowed to tra ...
, high speed railway in northern Sweden
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Bothnian Highway
The Finnish national road 67 ( fi, kantatie 67; sv, stamväg 67) is the 2nd class main route from Kaskinen to Nurmo, which belongs to Seinäjoki. The road is 115 kilometers long and is mainly two-lane, except for the center of Seinäjoki, where ...
, a main road between Kaskinen and Seinäjoki
Similar spellings
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Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
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Boothia (disambiguation) Boothia may refer to:
* The Boothia Peninsula, a peninsula in Nunavut, Canada
* The Gulf of Boothia
The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada. Administratively it is divided between the Kitikmeot Region on the west and the Qiki ...
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Botany Bay
Botany Bay ( Dharawal: ''Kamay''), an open ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refe ...
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