Hanko (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhɑŋko]; Swedish: Hangö) is a town in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Hanko is situated in the western...
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The Battle of Hanko (also known as the Hanko front or the siege of Hanko) was a lengthy series of small battles fought on Hanko Peninsula during the Continuation...
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Hanko may refer to Hanko, Finland, town and municipality Hanko Peninsula, Finland Hankø, an island in the Oslo Fjord in Norway The asteroid 2299 Hanko...
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The Hanko Peninsula (Finnish: Hankoniemi; Swedish: Hangö udd), also spelled Hango, is the southernmost point of mainland Finland. The soil is a sandy moraine...
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battles between Soviet ships and Finnish coastal batteries were fought at Hanko, Finland, Utö and Koivisto. At Koivisto and Hanko, the batteries forced Soviet...
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of Osmussaar from SE to NW and on to the SW extremity of Hanko Peninsula (22°54'E) in Finland. The modern depression can be traced to the incision of large...
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Hanko Naval Base was a Soviet naval base from 1940 to 1941 in the town of Hanko at the Hanko Peninsula, which is located 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Helsinki...
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the southernmost point – Hanko in Uusimaa – to the northernmost – Nuorgam in Lapland – is 1,160 kilometres (720 mi). Finland has about 168,000 lakes (of...
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Battle of Gangut (redirect from Battle of Hanko)
the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the Hanko Peninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial...
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Hanko Airfield is the southernmost airfield in Finland. It is located in Hanko, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Hanko city centre. List of airports...
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Hamina-class missile boat (redirect from Finnish missile boat Hanko)
hanko_oli_raumalla_merivoimien_vuosip_iv_n_ykk_snyrkki [bare URL] Hamina-luokka Finnish Defence Forces (in Finnish) Ohjusveneiden viimeinen...
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Winter War (redirect from Invasion of Finland)
islands in the Gulf of Finland as well as Rybachy Peninsula (Finnish: Kalastajasaarento). The Finns would also have to lease the Hanko Peninsula for 30 years...
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Hanko–Hyvinkää railway (Swedish: Hangö–Hyvinge järnväg) is a 149 km (93 mi) railway line in southern Finland. When originally built, it was Finland's...
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Heini Wathén (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
Heini Wathén-Fayed (née Wathén; born 24 February 1955) is a Finnish socialite and former model. She is the widow of Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed...
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Karelian Isthmus, the Hanko Peninsula, and various islands in the Gulf of Finland, all of which were considered by the Finns to be Finnish territory. No agreement...
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11 July 1943, the battalion celebrated at Hanko and joined the Finnish Defence Forces. Following the war, many Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers faced changes in...
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The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist...
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Russarö Lighthouse (category Hanko)
Russarö Lighthouse (Finnish: Russarön majakka, Swedish: Russarö fyr) is a lighthouse situated on the island of Russarö, outside Hanko, Finland, at the western...
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frozen in this photo by using electronic flash. This picture was shot in Hanko, Finland, latitude 60°N. With proboscis extended, drinking nectar from a flower...
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Bengtskär Lighthouse (category Lighthouses in Finland)
is located in the Archipelago Sea about 25 kilometers south west of Hanko, Finland. The lighthouse was built in 1906 on the Bengtskär skerry where it rises...
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A previously sandy beach in Hanko, Finland now overrun with Phragmites reeds....
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Hanko Northern railway station (abbrev. Hkp, Finnish: Hanko-Pohjoisen seisake and Swedish: Hangö Norra) is a railway stop in the port city of Hanko, Finland...
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Cornwall annually in August Hangon Regatta, an annual event in the city of Hanko, Finland, infamous for attracting large groups of partying youths with a tangential...
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Baltic Sea (category Bodies of water of Finland)
is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and...
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Tapio Wirkkala (category People from Hanko)
June 1915 – 19 May 1985) was a Finnish designer and sculptor, a major figure of post-war design. Wirkkala was born in Hanko in 1915. He attended the Töölö...
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archipelago and the warmest locations along the southwestern coast – notably in Hanko – and from early October to mid May in the most elevated locations, such...
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A previously sandy beach in Hanko, Finland now overrun with Phragmites australis reeds...
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The Port of Hanko is a cargo port in the city of Hanko, on the south coast of Finland. Situated almost at the tip of the Hanko Peninsula, it is the southernmost...
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fair, is in Lyngby-Taarbæk. Gentofte is twinned with: Halmstad, Sweden Hanko, Finland Sermersooq, Greenland Stord, Norway Gentofte station Gentofte Hospital...
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Finland and Sweden share a long history, similar legal systems, and an economic and social model. Finland was part of Sweden for almost 700 years from...
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