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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    ohjusvene Hanko oli Raumalla Merivoimien vuosipäivän ykkösnyrkki | lentoposti.fi". 14 July 2022. Hamina-luokka Finnish Defence Forces (in Finnish) Ohjusveneiden...
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    Kymmenedalen) Southern Finland was divided into 72 municipalities in 2009. Artjärvi Asikkala Askola Espoo Forssa Hamina Hanko Hartola Hattula Hausjärvi...
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    A previously sandy beach in Hanko, Finland now overrun with Phragmites reeds....
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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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    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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    Hyvinkää (redirect from Hyvinkaa, Finland)
    to the port of Hanko. The Hanko–Hyvinkää Railroad was the first private railroad in Finland, founded in 1862, and acquired by the Finnish State RR Co. 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Karis (category Pages with Finland Swedish IPA)
    Central railway station; and on the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway where it is the junction station for branch line services to Hanko railway station. By driving along...
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    Hanko Sushi is a Finnish restaurant chain founded in 2009 in Hanko, focusing on sushi. The chain has 22 restaurants in Finland, of which 11 are in Helsinki...
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    her wake." The ship landed her charges in Hanko, Finland, on Saturday, January 17, 1920. Upon arrival in Finland, authorities there conducted the deportees...
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    agreed to lease the Hanko Peninsula; to cede a slice of territory on the Karelian Isthmus; and to sell an island in the Gulf of Finland, along with sections...
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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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    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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