The Hanko Peninsula ( Finnish : Hankoniemi ; Swedish : Hangö udd ), also spelled Hango , is the southernmost point of mainland Finland . The soil is a sandy moraine, the last tip of the Salpausselkä ridge, and vegetation consists mainly of pine and low shrubs. The peninsula is known for its beautiful archipelago and long sandy beaches.
6-595: Gangut ( Гангут ) is the Russian transliteration of the Swedish name (Hangö udd) for Hanko Peninsula . It may have the following meanings: The Battle of Gangut in 1714 Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy named after the battle: Russian ship of the line Gangut (1719) , 92-gun first rate ship of the line, launched in 1719 Russian ship of
12-625: Is the Port of Hanko . The Baltic Sea proper is demarcated by a line from the Hanko Peninsula to the northwesternmost point of mainland Estonia . The waters east of this line are considered the Gulf of Finland . The Hanko Peninsula has played a major part during times of war. The Battle of Gangut was fought outside the Hanko peninsula on 7 August 1714 ("Gangut" is the Russian transliteration of
18-783: The Russian Empire. The "Invincible Gangut " (Непокоренный Гангут) , the Hanko Soviet naval base in Finland 1940–41 leased by Finland to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty that ended the Winter War . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gangut . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
24-787: The Swedish name for the peninsula "Hangö udd"). Some of the Russian fortifications that were built as part of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress are located here. During the Finnish Civil War , the German Ostsee Division landed here in April 1918. Following the Winter War , the southern part of the peninsula with the town of Hanko was leased to the Soviet Union for 30 years, where the Hanko Naval Base
30-456: The line Gangut (1825) , 84-gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1825, participated in Battle of Navarino , converted to screw in 1854, training ship in 1862, decommissioned in 1871 Russian coast defense ship Gangut (1888) Russian battleship Gangut (1911) Gangut -class battleship The Russian name for the town of Hanko during the time Finland was a Grand duchy of
36-415: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gangut&oldid=568243119 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hanko Peninsula The town of Hanko is situated on the peninsula, as
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