Baltic
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Northern Europe
- The Baltic SeaBaltic SeaThe Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
- Baltic statesBaltic statesThe term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
(also Baltics, Baltic countries or Baltic republics): Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia - The Baltic regionBaltic regionThe terms Baltic region, Baltic Rim countries, and Baltic Rim refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea.- Etymology :...
, an ambiguous term referring to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea - Baltic governorates or provinces, former parts of the Russian Empire (modern Latvia, Estonia)
- The Baltic ShieldBaltic ShieldThe Baltic Shield is located in Fennoscandia , northwest Russia and under the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Shield is defined as the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton...
, the exposed Precambrian northwest segment of the East European Craton - The Baltic PlateBaltic PlateThe Baltic Plate was an ancient tectonic plate that existed from the Cambrian period to the Carboniferous period. The Baltic Plate collided against Siberia, to form the Ural Mountains about 500 million years ago. The Baltic Plate, however, fused onto the Eurasian Plate when the Baltic Plate...
, an ancient tectonic plate that is now fused onto the Eurasian Plate
North America
- Baltic, Connecticut
- Baltic, OhioBaltic, OhioBaltic is a village in Coshocton, Holmes, and Tuscarawas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. The Raber's Almanac for the Amish community is published here.-Geography:Baltic is located at ....
- Baltic, South DakotaBaltic, South DakotaBaltic is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,089 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Baltic is located at , along the Big Sioux River....
- Baltic, Kings County, Prince Edward IslandKings County, Prince Edward IslandKings County is located in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada.It is the province's smallest, most rural and least-populated county. Kings County is also least dependent upon the agriculture industry compared with the other two counties, while being more heavily dependent on the fishery and...
, Canada - Baltic, Prince County, Prince Edward IslandPrince County, Prince Edward IslandPrince County, is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St...
, Canada
People and their languages
- Baltic languagesBaltic languagesThe Baltic languages are a group of related languages belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family and spoken mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe...
, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian language - BaltsBaltsThe Balts or Baltic peoples , defined as speakers of one of the Baltic languages, a branch of the Indo-European language family, are descended from a group of Indo-European tribes who settled the area between the Jutland peninsula in the west and Moscow, Oka and Volga rivers basins in the east...
(or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originating from the Baltic countries - Baltic Germans, historical ethnic German minority in Latvia and Estonia
- Baltic RussiansBaltic RussiansThe term Baltic Russians is usually used to refer to the Russian-speaking communities in the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.The term "Baltic Russians" does not imply a separate ethnic subcategory among the Russians. It came into use in the context of discussions of their fate after...
, Russian immigrant community of post World War II origin in the Baltic countries
Ships and related
- Baltic (steamship)Baltic (steamship)Several steamships have been named Baltic: — a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamer with the American Collins Line, which held the Blue Riband from 1851 to 1856 — a passenger ship of the White Star Line which held the eastbound transatlantic record from 1873 to 1875 — a White Star ocean liner which was...
- Baltic (tug)Baltic (tug)The Baltic is a German emergency tow vessel commissioned in 2010.The vessel which was built in Spain by Astilleros Armon is owned by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Küstenschutz of Germany, a consortium of tugboat companies. The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development of Germany has...
, a German emergency tow vessel - Baltic ExchangeBaltic ExchangeThe Baltic Exchange is the world's only independent source of maritime market information for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts...
, a UK company that operates as a marketplace for shipbrokers, ship owners and charterers- Baltic Dry IndexBaltic Dry IndexThe Baltic Dry Index is a number issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. Not restricted to Baltic Sea countries, the index tracks worldwide international shipping prices of various dry bulk cargoes....
, a daily shipping index published by the Baltic Exchange
- Baltic Dry Index
- Baltic FleetBaltic FleetThe Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
, the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea - Baltic ShipyardBaltic ShipyardThe Baltic Shipyard is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. It is located in Saint Petersburg in the south-western part of the Vasilievsky Island. It is one of the three shipyards active in Saint Petersburg...
, one of the oldest shipyards in Russia
Other
- Baltic Centre for Contemporary ArtBALTIC Centre for Contemporary ArtThe Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is an international centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne alongside the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, North East England, United Kingdom...
in Gateshead, United Kingdom - Baltic State OperaBaltic State OperaThe Baltic State Opera is an opera company in Gdańsk, Poland which performs in the Baltic State Opera House.Originally, in 1949, it was organized as an Opera-Studio rather than as a full scale opera company...
, the Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland - Baltic Basketball LeagueBaltic Basketball LeagueBaltic Basketball League is a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004.Currently, the league is divided into two: the Elite division and the Challenge Cup division. The 10 strongest Baltic basketball clubs participate in the Elite division. The rest of the teams compete in the Challenge Cup...
, a Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004 - Baltic Mining Company, a copper mining operation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Baltic, a locomotive with a 4-6-44-6-4Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
wheel arrangement
See also
- Baltica (disambiguation)
- BaltiyskBaltiyskBaltiysk , prior to 1945 known by its German name Pillau , is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, located on the northern part of the Vistula Spit, on the shore of the Strait of Baltiysk separating the Vistula Bay from the Gdańsk Bay. Baltiysk...
, town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia - Baltiysky (disambiguation)