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Swedish:
Bottenhavet
Finnish:
Selkämeri
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Bothnian Sea

sea, Europe
Also known as: Bottenhavet, Selkämeri
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Bothnian Sea, the southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, the northern arm of the Baltic Sea, which lies between Finland and Sweden.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray.
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