GCB45D3 The Gulf of Bothnia (Wherigo Cache) in Pohjanmaa, Finland created by PGC

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A cache by PGC Message this owner

Hidden : 3/9/2025

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THE GULF OF

BOTHNIA

This wherigo-cache will show you the Gulf of Bothnia. Prepare a lot of time when going for this cache, you will need a good boat to get to the starting location. The cache itself is no biggie, a plastic container near the sea.

THE GULF OF BOTHNIA
The Gulf of Bothnia is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast and the northern part of Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lies Åland, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea.

Bothnia is a latinization. The Swedish name Bottenviken was originally just Botn(en), with botn being Old Norse for "gulf" or "bay", which is also the meaning of the second element vik.

The name botn was applied to the Gulf of Bothnia as Helsingjabotn in Old Norse, after Hälsingland, which at the time referred to the coastland west of the gulf. Later, botten was applied to the regions of Västerbotten on the western side and Österbotten on the eastern side ('West Bottom' and 'East Bottom'). The Finnish name of Österbotten, Pohjanmaa (maa, meaning 'land'), hint as to the meaning in both languages: the meaning of pohja includes both 'bottom' and 'north'. Pohja is the base word for north, pohjoinen, with an adjectival suffix added.

The gulf is 725 km long, 80–240 km wide and has an average depth of 60 m. The maximum depth is 295 m. The surface area is 117,000 km2. The northernmost point is situated in Töre in the Bothnian Bay.

Source(s): Wikipedia [www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Bothnia]

THE CACHE
This wherigo starts in the middle of the sea outside Sideby. The following stops on this wherigo will be along the west coast of Finland.
The wherigo catridge can be downloaded below.

Finish the wherigo and you will have the numbers to fill in the formula for the final location.

N 63° αρ.λCρ E 022° σB.Vλξ