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27.01.2023

In the archipelagos of the Bay of Bothnia, there is up to 55 cm thick fast ice. Further out in the north, there is 10–35 cm thick, very close ice drifting ice. In the southern Bay of Bothnia, there is thin level ice or fast ice in the inner bays. In the Quark, there is up to 25 cm thick fast ice near Vaasa and else thin level ice along the coasts. In the Sea of Bothnia and the Archipelago Sea, there is fast ice or thin level ice along the coasts. In Lake Mälaren, there is thin level ice and new ice. In the Gulf of Finland, there is up to 40 cm thick fast ice in the easternmost bays and very close ice somewhat further out. In the archipelagos and bays along the coasts, there is fast ice in the north. In the northeastern Gulf of Riga, there is 10–25 cm thick fast ice or very close ice in sheltered bays and very open ice further out.