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	The Kvarken Council - The Region
		The Kvarken divides the Botnian Bay in the north from the Bothnian Sea in the south and forms a shallow underwater threshold in the Gulf of Bothnia.
		The Kvarken Region consists the counties Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia in Finland and the County of Västerbotten and the municipality of Örnsköldsvik in Sweden.
		The Kvarken Region is sparsely populated, especially in Västerbotten, where the population is concentrated to the coast and the population in the inland and in the mountain area is very sparse.
	www.kvarken.org /default.asp?id=s150 (292 words)

	Kvarken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the Finnish side of Kvarken, there is a large archipelago with most of the small islands inhabited.
		The Kvarken region was historically also important for the delivery of postal mail as the sea was completely frozen from the Swedish to the Finnish coast.
		In the group of islands in the "middle" of the Kvarken region, called sve.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kvarken (236 words)

	Holmon Holmön Israpport Ice report
		Ute på Kvarken finns mestadels ganska slät is. Det är således ganska bra isförhållanden för den kommande skoterleden.
		Out in Kvarken the ice has mostly a smooth surface and it looks like it will be good conditions on the ice for the coming snowmobile track.
		Några råkar, som sträcker sig i nord-syd riktning, har bildats öster om mitten i Västra Kvarken.
	www.holmon.com /israpport.htm (1854 words)

	Kvarken Encyklopedi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kvarken, havsområde och världsarv söder om Bottenviken där det är som smalast mellan Sverige och Finland.
		Ordet Kvarken kommer från kvark "yxskaftfäste" efter att man huggit in vattennivåerna efter landhöjningen, avsmalningar och skärgårdsvatten i havet mellan Finland och Sverige: Norra kvarken, som skiljer Bottenviken från Bottenhavet, och Södra kvarken, som skiljer Bottenhavet från Ålands hav.
		Den västligaste delen av denna, mellan Holmön och svenska fastlandet, kallas även Västra kvarken, medan den östligare delen av Norra kvarken ibland kallas Östra kvarken.
	encyklopedi.net /topic/Kvarken.html (260 words)

	Outdoors.fi - Activities in Kvarken Archipelago Nature Reserve
		Many of the islands in Kvarken are important nesting areas for birds, so it is essential to keep to the marked trails during the nesting season, 1.5.
		Kvarken boat museum (museum.malax.fi) in Åminne, in the municipality of Malax and, in the summer, also in the renovated old salting building (Salteriet) in Svedjehamn on Björköby Island, you can find out about the art and knowledge of the boat building methods of the area.
		Terranova - Kvarken Nature Centre is situated in the same facilities as the Ostrobothnian Museum, in the centre of the town of Vaasa.
	www.luontoon.fi /page.asp?Section=7873 (819 words)

	Kvarken Information
		Merenkurkku, or North Kvarken as opposed to South Kvarken) is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea.
		The Kvarken region was historically important also, because mail was delivered across Kvarken when the sea was completely frozen from the Swedish to the Finnish coast.
		In 2006, the Kvarken Archipelago was declared a World Heritage Site because it is "continuously rising from the sea in a process of rapid glacio-isostatic uplift, whereby the land, previously weighed down under the weight of a glacier, lifts at rates that are among the highest in the world.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Kvarken (383 words)

	Kvarken Archipelago / High Coast - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The High Coast is located on the west shore of the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea.
		The Kvarken Archipelago (added in 2006 as an extension to the World Heritage site of the High Coast) numbers 5,600 islands and islets and covers a total of 194,400 ha (15% land and 85% sea).
		It features unusual ridged washboard moraines, "De Greer moraines", formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet, 10,000 to 24,000 years ago.
	whc.unesco.org /en/list/898 (316 words)

	Kvarkens Naturguide: Geologi
		Moränen har också avlagrats i olika formationer och det är dessa som ger det synliga landskapet i Kvarken sin karaktär.
		De enskilda drumlinerna är vanligen 2-4 m höga, något hundratal meter breda och ibland flera kilometer långa och de uppträder ofta i grupper eller fält. Drumlinerna är speciellt välutvecklade i västra Kvarken, bl.a.
		Terranova - Kvarkens naturcentrum finns i samband med Österbottens museum.
	www.kvarkenguide.org /geologisv.html (461 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Kvarken Archipelago contains an exceptional combination of rapid glacio-isostatic land uplift and a multiform mosaic of landforms formed by the latest continental ice sheet about 10,000 years ago.
		Rapid land uplift comes up trumps The Kvarken Archipelago and Sweden’s High Coast are two of the most vital areas in the world where land uplift resulting from the melting of the continental ice sheet can be observed.
		The land in the archipelago is rising at a rate of 8 millimetres a year - one of the fastest rates in the world - and the total observed land uplift in the High Coast in Sweden is greater than anywhere else: 294 metres.
	en.gtk.fi /Media/in_focus.html?number=10 (806 words)

	Terranova
		As the ice sheet melted, the characteristic moraine formations of the Kvarken were formed, and as the ice became thinner the land surface began to rise to its former level.
		The land is still rising in the Kvarken at the rate of 8 mm a year.
		In the low-lying Kvarken, both vegetation and animal life have to adapt themselves to the continuous and rapid process of change.
	terranova.vaasa.fi (163 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - The High Coast, Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The sea at the Northern Kvarken strait is only 25m deep at a sill across the mouth of the Bay of Bothnia: at the present rate Finland and Sweden will be connected by a land bridge across the strait within 2,500 years, when the Bay will become the largest freshwater lake in Europe.
		CLIMATE The climate of the Kvarken Islands is southern boreal, influenced by the sea.
		In the Kvarken, the recent presence of environmental toxins greatly reduced the populations of grey seal and white-tailed eagle but they have recovered and at present there are no serious problems on land except for invasion by American mink.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/kvarken_high.html (6455 words)

	Korsholm - Kvarken World Heritage
		The Korsholm archipelago is a part of the Kvarken archipelago.
		The stony land uplift archipelago of Kvarken is a unique, changing landscape formed during the ice age.
		The flat archipelago of Kvarken, and the steep High Coast in Sweden together constitute a complete example on how the land uplift forms the landscape and influences biological processes.
	www.mustasaari.fi /de/document.aspx?DocID=5993&MenuID=0&TocID=10 (174 words)

	Kvarken World Heritage Site
		If the experience of other World Heritage sites is anything to go by, inclusion of the Kvarken on the list will spread the recognition of the region in the world and increase visitor numbers,” notes Stefan Wallin State Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment.
		Land uplift in the Kvarken is very intense and the archipelago is constantly changing shape.
		The inclusion of the Kvarken Archipelago as a World Heritage site is the result of joint efforts by Finland’s environmental administration and local players on the one hand and recognition of the uniqueness of the area on the other.
	www.matkailupohjanmaa.fi /Default.aspx?id=459510 (627 words)

	Korsholm - The Post Boats Over Kvarken
		In the 17th century, the inhabitants of Björkö were assigned the duty of conveying the mails over Kvarken.
		The post boat service is still commemorated by an annual cruise over Kvarken using the characteristic traditional type of boat.
		These are equipped with both sail and oars and the event attracts crews and their supporters to Björköby each year.
	www.korsholm.fi /document.aspx?DocID=4213&TocID=230 (114 words)

	RG Line at AllExperts
		The company was founded in 2001 by well known Rabbe GrÃ¶nblom, just months after Silja Line had put their traffic on Kvarken to an end because of a decision in the EU to stop taxfree sales on travels between member states.
		However it did not become a success, people did not want to cruise anymore, the fljack and roulette tables they had added to get a casino feeling were removed before a year had passed.
		Alandia is a well known ship for people in the Kvarken region as she had been trafficking for VasabÃ¥tarna for thirteen years as Botnia Express before she was sold to EckerÃ¶ Linjen.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/rg/rg_line.htm (822 words)

	Kvarken Boat Museum, Malax
		The Kvarken Boat Museum is one of the largest utility boat museums in Fenno-Scandinavia.
		The museum is situated in a culturally and historically valuable piece of shoreline containing hundreds of boathouses.
		The Kvarken Boat Museum was set up in 1970 and is administered by the Malax Museum Society.
	museum.svof.fi /eng/kvarken.htm (404 words)

	Coalition Clean Baltic
		Later the inclusion of the western part of the area was decided to represent the complete picture of the diverse moraine forms of the archipelago, brackish water and terrestrial ecosystems, and the ecological processes characterised by land uplift.
		Kvarken area is an important complement to the High Coast, which has been included in UNESCO's World Heritage list since 2000.
		Kvarken is a low-relief area characterized by extensive archipelagos of moraine and intervening shallow sea.
	www.ccb.se /spots.html (14095 words)

	RG Line - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The company was founded in 2001 by well known Rabbe Grönblom, just months after Silja Line had put their traffic on Kvarken to an end because of a decision in the EU to stop taxfree sales on travels between member states.
		RG Line bought Silja's M/S Fennia and renamed her to M/S Casino Express, the ship was put in traffic on the route Vaasa—Umeå on 16 May, 2001.
		However it did not become a success, people did not want to cruise anymore, the fljack and roulette tables they had added to get a casino feeling were removed before a year had passed.
	www.iridis.com /RG_Line (171 words)

	Länsstyrelsen i Västerbotten - natur och miljö - miljöövervakning - kust och hav - Miljööversikt - Kvarken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Havsområdet som beskrivs i miljööversikten består av södra Bottenviken, Norra Kvarken och norra Bottenhavet.
		Försurningen i Kvarkens kustvatten kan till stor del förklaras av svavelrika jordar längs kusten.
		Detta beror på en intensivare markanvändning i form av jordbruk och dikning, samt att den finska sidan har fler inneslutna vikar med begränsat vattenutbyte.
	www.ac.lst.se /naturochmiljo/miljoovervakning/kustochhav/miljooversikt-kvarken (501 words)

	The Road of War and Peace - Current
		The three-year stage I of the History Tourism in the Kvarken Region Project was followed by stage II for one and a half year.
		As the last deed in the History Tourism in the Kvarken Region Project, some archaeological research is done along the Road of War and Peace on the route's Western Bothnia side in Sweden.
		In the second phase of History Tourism in the Kvarken Region Project it is a meaning to develop the contents of the route.
	koti.mbnet.fi /sinisusi/sotajarauha/ajankohtaista-e.htm (5422 words)

	From SFHS Article Collection
		The kinship ties across the Kvarken straits were stronger than one might think.
		The connections across the Kvarken straits has at all times had great importance for the contacts between the provinces.
		That which perhaps is most characteristic about the contacts across Kvarken is the constant stream of journeymen and craftsmen which was ongoing during the 18th century.
	sfhs.eget.net /P_articles/X_artiklar/kvarken.html (2568 words)

	IUCN News - World Conservation Union launches new project to prevent illegal forest activities in Ghana
		The coastline of Finland ’s Kvarken Archipelago was recognized by the World Heritage Committee for its global value in demonstrating the Earth’s geological processes.
		The Kvarken Archipelago, situated in the Gulf of Bothnia off the coast of Finland, includes 5600 islands and islets, split into two core areas covering a total of 194,400 ha (15% land and 85% sea).
		The major feature is the unusual ridged washboard moraines, or “De Greer moraines”, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet, between 10,000 – 24,000 years ago.
	www.iucn.org /en/news/archive/2006/07/12_pr_world_heritage.htm (1388 words)

	Networks in the Baltic Sea Region - V Local Authorities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Kvarken Council is the Nordic cross-border regional cooperation organisation for the Kvarken Region.
		The Kvarken Region is comprised of the three Ostrobothnian regions in Finland, together with Västerbotten and Örnsköldsvik in Sweden.
		The Kvarken is the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia which links Finland's Ostrobothnia (Österbotten) with Sweden's Västerbotten.
	www.soc.utu.fi /jean-monnet/online/Networks/5.html (2435 words)

	www.environment.fi - West Finland Regional Environment Centre
		The 56 municipalities of the region attend to local environmental matters.
		The Kvarken Archipelago is Finland's first Natural Heritage Site and is in addition to the six Cultural World Heritage Sites in Finland.
		The flat archipelago of Kvarken, and the steep High Coast (Höga Kusten) in Sweden together constitute a complete example on how the land uplift forms the landscape and influences biological processes.
	www.environment.fi /default.asp?node=4673&lan=en (264 words)

	Unizon - What is UniZon?
		This is the heart of the project Unizon Kvarken, which is a project linking universities and colleges of higher education together in new exciting development projects within the Kvarken region.
		The Kvarken Council, which has many years of valuable experience of cross-border co-operation, is the owner of the UniZon Kvarken project.
		UniZon Kvarken is schedulled to run until the end of 2006 and had a budget of SEK 22.2 million between 2001 and 2003.
	www.unizon.nu /default.asp?id=s14 (259 words)

	The Kvarken Council - The Kvarken Council - History
		Since the Kvarken as the narrowest part ot the Gulf of Bothnia united Ostrobothnia (Österbotten) and Västerbotten people in the early days learned how to cooperate.
		The Kvarken Council was started in 1972 at the first Kvarken Conference in Vasa: In the first years the organisation was formed and the work was started.
		In 1979 The Kvarken Council became a part of the official Nordic cooperation, with a financial support from the Council of Nordic Ministers.
	kr.web.mios.fi /default.asp?id=10949 (274 words)

	En samhällsekonomisk analys av färjetrafiken på kvarken - CERUM
		Denna utredning har gjorts på uppdrag av Kvarkenrådet inom projektet Transportlänk Kvarken.
		Kvarkenrådet gav våren 1997 CERUM i uppgift att utreda de samhällsekonomiska konsekvenserna av alternativa lösningar för färjeförbindelsen över Kvarken.
		Rapporten är givetvis inte uttömmande när det gäller kalkyler för färjor eller när det gäller framtida lösningar för Transportlänk Kvarken.
	www.umu.se /cerum/publikationer/info/publ_cop_1_99.html (243 words)

	Ministry of the Interior - III A Kvarken-MittSkandia
		The regions of Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia in Finland as well as the region of South Ostrobothnia as a bordering area are involved in the programme.
		The vision of the programme is that the Kvarken region and MittSkandia will form a joint region with good communications, active cooperation and strong cohesion.
		With this in mind, the programme aims to build a sustainable infrastructure, reinforce networks and promote cooperation on an east-west axis, focusing on improving communications, expertise, business and industry, and regional identity.
	www.intermin.fi /intermin/home.nsf/pages/D6FB5D88DE04F621C2256FB30045BC22?opendocument (125 words)

	NIRCE - About NIRCE
		Universities and polytechnics in the Kvarken region, both in Finland and Sweden, are strengthening and widening their co-operation through the
		The project aims at improving knowledge and use of NIR and related techniques in academic and industrial environments in the Kvarken area.
		NIRCE comprises one of the themes that UniZon Kvarken wants to strenghten, and therefore the co-operating universities and polytechnics are involved in a long-term scientific development.
	www.nirce.nu /about_nirce.htm (264 words)

	verkligheten i platform - perustalla todellisuus
		Bildkonsten inom Kvarkenrådets projekt Kulturscen Kvarken vill främja samarbetet mellan konstnärer och bredda det professionella utbudet av bildkonst i regionen.
		Tillställningar kommer att ledas av inbjudna kulturaktörer från båda sidor om Kvarken, och kommer att vara öppna för allmänheten.
		The fine arts within the project ‘Culture scene’ of the Council of Kvarken seek to promote the collaboration between artists and widen the professional range of fine arts in the region.
	www.platform.fi /vip (1044 words)

	Ostrobothnian Museum: Terranova
		The mosquitoes are buzzing in the insect room, where you will also find all the beautiful butterflies of the area.
		All the birds and mammals of the Kvarken area are found in the scientific collections of the nature centre.
		In the auditorium you may look at nature films, including a film about the Ice Age and the local phenomenon of rising land, explained to you in a clear and fascinating way.
	museo.vaasa.fi /w/?lang=3&page=23&version=1 (171 words)

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