Baltic Sea Gulf of Riga, and the Bay of Gdańsk. The Baltic Proper is bordered on its northern edge, at the latitude 60°N, by the Åland islands and the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga, and in the west by the Swedish part of the southern Scandinavian Peninsula. The Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea Canal and to the German Bight of the North Sea via the Kiel Canal. Administration The Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the
White Sea–Baltic Canal to 7). The Finns crossed the canal and captured Gabselga village east of it, but after a few days of fighting they were pushed back to the canal's western side. Soviet sappers blew up Lock No. 7 only on December 11, after the Red Army had already retreated from the area. Once the locks of the Povenets Ladder had been destroyed, water from the watershed lakes started to freely pour into Lake Onega through Povenets village, which was nearly completely destroyed by the flow. The route of the White Sea–Baltic Canal had become the front line, separating the Finnish troops