The Landsort Deep is a marine abyss located in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...

and, at deep, constitutes its deepest point.Steckbrief der OstseeIOW - Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
accesso 20 luglio 2015.

Geographical location

The Landsort Deep is located 24km southwest of the ancient

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

Landsorts fyr on the southern tip of the Swedish island of

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(in front of the

Södertörn Södertörn is a roughly triangular peninsula and artificial island in eastern Södermanland, Sweden, with an area of 1,207 km² and is bordered by: *Lake Mälaren, the Hammarby Canal and the inlet of Saltsjön (a part of the Baltic Sea) t ...

peninsula), 80km northwest of Cape Harudden on the large Swedish island of

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and 62.9km northwest of Cape Bredsandsudden on the small Swedish island of

Gotska Sandön Gotska Sandön (literally translated as "The Gotlandic Sand Island") is an uninhabited Swedish island north of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. It has been a national park since 1909. Geography Sandön is situated north of Fårö in the Baltic Se ...

where the Gotska Sandön National Park is located.Percorso per barche Nynäshamn Nynäshamn con rilevazione GPS
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and chemical residues were dumped on the Landsort Deep.

References

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Geographical location

See also

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