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The structure of the Finnish coast is determined by the very irregular land surface which slopes gently beneath the sea. For this reason the coastline of the mainland is extremely sinuous, forming capes, spits, bays, and inlets. Seaward of the mainland there are many islands, which usually decrease in size and height toward the open sea. Nowhere else in the world is there such a concentration of islands as is to be found along most parts of the Finnish coast. All in all, there are 73,000, the majority of them small; only 20,400 are more than one ha in area. Consequently, the Finnish coast has commonly been designated an archipelago coast.
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Granö, O. (1988). Finland. In: Walker, H.J. (eds) Artificial Structures and Shorelines. The GeoJournal Library, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2999-9_6
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