Norrbotten archipelago
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The Norrbotten archipelago ({{langx|sv|Norrbotten skärgård}}) is a group of Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia. A few of the islands have small permanent populations, but most are used only for recreation in the summer months. They are icebound during the winter.
Location
The north of the bay of Bothnia contains a large archipelago area.{{sfn|Leppäranta|Myrberg|2009|p=55}}
The islands in the Swedish sector make up the Norrbotten archipelago.{{sfn|Ankre|2005|p=8}}
It is divided into the archipelagos of Piteå (550 islands), Luleå (1,312 islands), Kalix (792 islands) and Haparanda (652 islands).{{sfn|About the Bay ... Bottenvikens skärgård}}
The largest island is Rånön in the Kalix archipelago.{{sfn|Index: bottenviken.se}}
Due to post-glacial rebound the land is rising at from {{convert|0.8|to|1|cm}} annually, so the shoreline can retreat by as much as {{convert|100|m}} in one person's lifetime.
As a result, the islands are growing in size but the waters and harbors are becoming shallower.{{sfn|Nilsson|Ankre|2006|p=149}}
Climate
The archipelago is only {{convert|100|km}} south of the Arctic Circle, so there is daylight for 24 hours in the summer, and full moon all day in the winter.{{sfn|Nilsson|Ankre|2006|p=145}}
The waters around the archipelago are brackish, with less the 10% of the salt content of the Atlantic.{{sfn|Sweden: Rough Guides 2003|p=403}}
The sea freezes in January and remain frozen until March–April.{{sfn|Nilsson|Ankre|2006|p=152}}
Gallery
File:Old fishing huts at Brändöskär.JPG|Old fishing huts at Brändöskär
File:Rödkallen.jpg|Rödkallen in winter
File:Seskaro bridge.jpg|The bridge to Seskarö
See also
References
Citations
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Sources
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- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|About the Bay ... Bottenvikens skärgård}}|url=http://www.swedishlapland.com/en/Bottenvikens-skargard/info/Information/|title=About the Bay of Bothnia|work=Bottenvikens skärgård|access-date=2013-09-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005023046/http://www.swedishlapland.com/en/Bottenvikens-skargard/info/Information/|archive-date=2013-10-05|df=}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1378/FULLTEXT01.pdf|publisher=Mid-Sweden University
|last=Ankre|first=Rosemarie|access-date=2013-10-04|title=A Case Study of the Luleå archipelago, Sweden|year=2005}}
- {{cite web |ref={{harvid|Index: bottenviken.se}} |url=http://www.bottenviken.se/index.html
|title=Index|work=bottenviken.se|access-date=2013-10-02}}
- {{cite book|last1=Leppäranta|first1=Matti|last2=Myrberg|first2=Kai
|title=Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csLKtvZNV98C&pg=PA55|access-date=2013-10-01
|date=2009-03-20|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-540-79703-6|page=55}}
- {{cite book|last1=Nilsson|first1=Per-Åke|last2=Ankre|first2=Rosemarie|chapter=The Lulea Archipelago, Sweden|title=Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qaxdLujk3CAC&pg=PA35|access-date=2013-10-08
|year=2006|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-044656-1}}
- {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Sweden: Rough Guides 2003}}
|title=Sweden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgxgwGSwFrEC&pg=PA403|access-date=2013-10-02|year=2003
|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-066-4}}
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Category:Swedish islands in the Baltic