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South Kvarken

South Kvarken is the narrowest stretch of sea between and , forming a strait connecting the and the of approximately 30 km across.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: stretch of sea between Finnish Åland and Sweden, forming the passage from the Sea of Åland to the Gulf of Bothnia
  • Also known as: “Quarken”, “Sodra Kvarken”, “Södra kvarken”, and “South Quarken”

South Kvarken

Latitude
60.20943° or 60° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
19.17827° or 19° 10′ 42″ east
Open location code
9FGX655H+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 707163882
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2675859
Wiki­data ID
Q2567567
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“South Kvarken” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Kvarken boğazı”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Кваркен”
  • Belarusian: “Праліў Паўднёвы Кваркен”
  • Bulgarian: “Ахвенанраума”
  • Bulgarian: “Сьодра Кваркен”
  • Cebuano: “Ahvenanrauma”
  • Chinese: “南克瓦尔肯海峡”
  • Estonian: “Ahvenanrauma”
  • Estonian: “Lõuna-Kvarkeni väin”
  • Estonian: “Södra Kvarken”
  • Finnish: “Ahvenanrauma”
  • Finnish: “Södra Kvarken”
  • German: “Ahvenanrauma”
  • German: “südliches Kvarken”
  • German: “Südliches Kvarken”
  • Hebrew: “דרום קווארקן”
  • Japanese: “サウス・クヴァルケン”
  • Latvian: “Sēdrakvarkens”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Kvarkenas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Södra kvarken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Södra kvarken”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Kvarken”
  • Norwegian: “Södra Kvarken”
  • Polish: “Kvarken Południowy”
  • Portuguese: “Kvarken do Sul”
  • Russian: “Кваркен Южный”
  • Russian: “Сёдра-Кваркен”
  • Russian: “Южный Кваркен”
  • Slovenian: “Ahvenanrauma”
  • Slovenian: “Južni Kvarken”
  • Swedish: “Ahvenanrauma (sund i Finland)”
  • Swedish: “Södra kvarken”
  • Swedish: “Södra Kvarken”

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