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    Place in News: Baltic Sea

    Posted 22 Sep 2025

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    Article Summary

    Article Summary

    Germany deployed fighter jets after a Russian aircraft entered Baltic Sea airspace, highlighting regional tensions in this shallow, brackish water body surrounded by European countries.

    Map showing location of Baltic Sea

    Baltic Sea

    Germany deployed fighter jets after a Russian military aircraft entered Baltic Sea airspace.

    About Baltic Sea

    • Location: North Atlantic Ocean, extending north from southern Denmark to near Arctic Circle.
    • Surrounding Countries: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany.
    • Features
      • It is the youngest sea on our planet.
      • Largest expanse of brackish water in the world; semi-enclosed & shallow.
      • Kiel Canal (Germany) links the Baltic with the North Sea.
      • Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of Finland, and the Gulf of Gdańsk are important gulf. 
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