Finland

Finland Google Maps

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Finland

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Finland (FI). Explore satellite imagery of Helsinki, the capital city of Finland, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Finland (GPS: 64 00 N, 26 00 E) is located in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia. The country’s area measurements are total: 338,145 sq km; land: 303,815 sq km, water: 34,330 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than two times the size of Georgia, slightly smaller than Montana. The total irrigated land is 690 sq km (2012).

One of the critical features of Finland: Long boundary with Russia. Helsinki is the northernmost national capital on the European continent. The population concentrated on the small southwestern coastal plain.

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Norway Google Maps

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Norway

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Norway (NO). Explore satellite imagery of Oslo, the capital city of Norway, on the Google Maps of Europe below.

Norway (GPS: 62 00 N, 10 00 E) located in Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden. The country’s area measurements are total: 323,802 sq km; land: 304,282 sq km, water: 19,520 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than twice the size of Georgia, slightly larger than New Mexico. The total irrigated land is 900 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Norway: About two-thirds of mountains. Some 50,000 islands off its much-indented coastline. Strategic location is adjacent to sea lanes and air routes in North Atlantic. One of the most rugged and longest coastlines in the world.

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Russia Google Maps

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Russia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Russia (RU). Explore Moscow’s satellite imagery, the capital city of Russia, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Russia (GPS: 60 00 N, 100 00 E) is located in North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean. The country’s area measurements are total: 17,098,242 sq km; land: 16,377,742 sq km, water: 720,500 sq km. This sovereign state is approximately 1.8 times the size of the US. The total irrigated land is 43,000 sq km (2012).

One of Russia’s essential features: The largest country in the world in terms of area but unfavorably located to major sea lanes of the world. Despite its size, much of the country lacks proper soils and climates (either too cold or too dry) for agriculture. Russia’s far east, particularly the Kamchatka Peninsula, lies along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean. Up to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and some 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire. Mount Elbrus is Europe’s tallest peak. Lake Baikal, the deepest lake globally, is estimated to hold one-fifth of the world’s fresh surface water. Kaliningrad Oblast is annexed from Germany following World War II (formerly part of East Prussia). Its capital city – formerly Koenigsberg – is the only Baltic port in Russia that remains ice-free in the winter.

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Sweden Google Maps

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Sweden

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Sweden (SE). Explore satellite imagery of Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, on Europe’s Google Maps below.

Sweden (GPS: 62 00 N, 15 00 E) is located in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway. The country’s area measurements are total: 450,295 sq km; land: 410,335 sq km, water: 39,960 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly larger than California. The total irrigated land is 1,640 sq km (2012).

One of Sweden’s essential features: Strategic location along the Danish Straits linking the Baltic and North Seas. Sweden has almost 100,000 lakes, the largest of which, Vanern, is the third-largest in Europe.

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