Context:
A subsea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea have been damaged.
Baltic connector pipeline connects Inkoo in Finland with Paldiski in Estonia, running across Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.
About Baltic Sea:
- Arm of the North Atlantic Ocean
- Extends northward from southern Denmark almost to the Arctic Circle.
- It separates the Scandinavian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe.
- Connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the Danish Straits.
- Enclosure Countries – Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland and Sweden.
- Largest island – Gotland (located off the coast of Sweden)
- Connections –
- Gulf of Finland connects the Baltic Sea with Saint Petersburg.
- Gulf of Riga is located between Estonia and Latvia.
- Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea–Baltic Canal and to the German Bight of the North Sea via the Kiel Canal.
Baltic Nations are Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
Related Information
- Helsinki Convention – Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992
- An international convention encompassing various measures for the prevention and elimination of pollution of the Baltic Sea.
- Signed by Denmark, Finland, West Germany, East Germany, Poland, the USSR and Sweden in 1974
Source: Business Standard
Previous Year Question
Consider the following pairs:
Sea: Bordering Country
1. Adriatic Sea: Albania
2. Black Sea: Croatia
3. Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan
4. Mediterranean Sea: Morocco
5. Red Sea: Syria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer: (b)
