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Location of the Hanko Peninsula
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.
The town of Hanko is situated on the peninsula, as 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.
Map of Hanko PeninsulaAerial view of Hanko Peninsula
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 the Swedish name for the peninsula "Hangö udd").[1] 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 was established. However, the Soviets evacuated their 25,000 soldiers in the area during the Continuation War and it was retaken by the Finns and the Swedish Volunteer Battalion in December 1941.[2]
The HankoPeninsula (Finnish: Hankoniemi; Swedish: Hangö udd), also spelled Hango, is the southernmost point of mainland Finland. The soil is a sandy...
Hanko Naval Base was a Soviet naval base from 1940 to 1941 in the town of Hanko at the HankoPeninsula, which is located 100 kilometers (62 mi) from Helsinki...
Hanko may refer to August Hanko, German First World War flying ace Hanko, Finland, town and municipality HankoPeninsula, Finland Hankø, an island in...
Jutland Peninsula (now an island, since the Kiel Canal was made) Kegnæs Mols Odsherred Salling Stevns Peninsula Sundeved HankoPeninsula, Hanko Porkkala...
in the waters of Riilahti Bay, north of the HankoPeninsula, near the site of the modern-day city of Hanko, Finland, between the Swedish Navy and Imperial...
gulf has an area of 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi). The length (from the HankoPeninsula to Saint Petersburg) is 400 km (250 mi) and the width varies from 70 km...
first day of its existence, the Kuusinen regime agreed to lease the HankoPeninsula; to cede a slice of territory on the Karelian Isthmus; and to sell...
Finland as well as Rybachy Peninsula (Finnish: Kalastajasaarento). The Finns would also have to lease the HankoPeninsula for 30 years and to permit the...
including the city of Viipuri, and Finland's shore of Lake Ladoga. The HankoPeninsula was to be leased to the Soviet Union for 30 years. Finland rejected...
Helsingfors in the spring of 1713 and the Swedish failure to blockade the HankoPeninsula in 1714. A Russian naval campaign against the Swedish coast towards...
evacuation of the Soviet garrison on the HankoPeninsula in late 1941. On December 2 1941, she struck a mine and sank off Hanko. T-298 was the only former Latvian...
The base that the Soviets had acquired after the Winter War at the HankoPeninsula divided the areas where the Finnish Navy would operate in two. This...
with Finland regarding the disposition of the Karelian Isthmus, the HankoPeninsula, and various islands in the Gulf of Finland, all of which were considered...
The Port of Hanko is a cargo port in the city of Hanko, on the south coast of Finland. Situated almost at the tip of the HankoPeninsula, it is the southernmost...
replaced the peninsula of Hanko, which had been leased to the Soviets as a naval base in 1940–41. A large area centered on the peninsula, including land...
between Finland and the former Soviet Union, in the Hankopeninsula (1940–1941) and in the Porkkala peninsula (1945–1956). The frontier posts, forts and barriers...
out a series of convoy operations to evacuate the garrison of the HankoPeninsula, which the Finns had been forced to lease to the Soviets for use as...
During the Continuation War the two ships shelled the Soviet base at HankoPeninsula on five occasions in July–November 1941. Ilmarinen fired twenty shells...
fleet, commanded by the Vice-Admiral Vladimir Tributz, defended the HankoPeninsula, Tallinn, several islands in Estonian SSR, and participated in the...
Russian: Финляндская Демократическая Республика) Encompassing the HankoPeninsula, Suursaari, Seiskari, Lavansaari, Tytärsaari, and "Great and Little...
19 May, and sailing west with his fleet continued with strikes at HankoPeninsula, then on the Gulf of Bothnia in Raahe and Oulu. In cities the British...
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