Lying in the gulf of bothnia , its islands have been shaped by glaciation and glacial retreat .
岛屿躺在波的尼亚湾（gulfofbothnia）之内，它是由冰川作用和冰川退缩而形成。
" Finland : a country of northern europe bordering on the gulf of bothnia and the gulf of finland . Controlled from the 13th century by sweden and from the 19th century by russia , it became independent in 1919.helsinki is the capital and the largest city . "
