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Baltic Pipeline System 2
Baltic Pipeline System 2 (БТС-2) is a Russian crude oil pipeline, operated by Transneft, running from Unecha to the Ust-Luga terminal on the Baltic Sea.
Baltic region
Baltic region: northern Europe around the Baltic Sea, defined as the sea and its drainage basin spanning nine riparian countries. Distinguished by brackish water, CBSS and EUSBSR cooperation, and post-2022 NATO security integration.
Baltic Sea (Балтийское море)
Baltic Sea (Балтийское море): shallow, semi-enclosed brackish sea in northern Europe, 420,000 km², max depth 459 m, salinity 0–18 psu, slow 30-year water exchange, severe eutrophication and hypoxia.
Baltic Sea anomaly
The Baltic Sea anomaly, also called the Baltic Sea UFO, is a roughly 60-meter circular feature on the Baltic seabed recorded by Swedish divers in 2011.
Baltic states
Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania on the eastern Baltic Sea; independent 1918, Soviet-occupied 1940-1991, restored independence 1990-1991; now EU and NATO members using the euro.
Baltic Way
The Baltic Way (Balti kett, Baltijas ceļš, Baltijos kelias) was a peaceful human chain of about two million Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians on August 23, 1989, linking Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius on the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to demand restored independence from the Soviet Union.
Baltica
Baltica was a paleocontinent centered on the East European Craton, covering most of northern Europe as far east as the Ural Mountains, with crust over 3 billion years old.
Baltica Rupes
Baltica Rupes is a 230 km lobate scarp (rupes) on Mercury near the equator, centered at -4.48°, 303.48°, in quadrangle H-10; IAU-approved January 11, 2023 and named for the Polish Baltic Sea research vessel Baltica.
Baltika Breweries
Baltika Breweries (Пивоваренная компания «Балтика») is Russia's largest brewing company, founded in Saint Petersburg in 1990, with more than 50 brands including Baltika, Yarpivo, and Nevskoye.
Baltim South West Oil and Gas Field
Baltim South West is a shallow-water natural gas field in the Nile Delta's Great Nooros area off Egypt, discovered by Eni in 2016, producing from 2019, and operated by Petrobel.
Baltimora
Baltimora (also written BALTIMORA) was an Italian Italo disco music project from Milan, active 1984-1987, founded by producer Maurizio Bassi with Northern Irish frontman Jimmy McShane, best known for the 1985 hit "Tarzan Boy" (#3 UK, #13 US) and the follow-up "Woody Boogie."
Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland's largest independent city and a Patapsco River port founded in 1729, had 569,997 residents in 2025, hosts the top U.S. roll-on/roll-off port, and recorded 133 homicides in 2025, a nearly 50-year low.
Baltimore accent
Baltimore accent, or Baltimore English (Balmerese), the regional speech of Baltimore, Maryland: Mid-Atlantic variety near Philadelphia with fronted GOOSE/GOAT vowels, distinct Black and white working-class (Hon) varieties, and roots in West Country, Scottish, Irish, German, and Southern settlement.
Baltimore album quilt
The Baltimore album quilt is an appliqué album quilt made in and around Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1840s and 1850s, its blocks bearing distinct designs, signatures, and inscriptions.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was the first common carrier railroad chartered in the United States, opened in 1827 to link Baltimore with the Ohio River.
Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel
The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel (B&P Tunnel) is a 1.4-mile railroad tunnel under West Baltimore, opened in 1873 and now the oldest tunnel on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
Baltimore City College
Baltimore City College, also known as the City College of Baltimore, is a public college-preparatory magnet high school in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1839 and the third oldest public high school in the United States.
Baltimore classification
The Baltimore classification, also called the Baltimore scheme, groups viruses into seven classes by genome type and how it is expressed as mRNA, devised by David Baltimore in 1971.
Baltimore County
Baltimore County, Maryland: central Maryland county established by 1659/60, county seat Towson, charter government since 1956. Encircles independent Baltimore City, from which it separated in 1851; 847,650 residents (2025 est.), 598.4 sq mi.
Baltimore Gas and Electric
Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) is a regulated electric and gas utility based in Baltimore, Maryland, serving about 1.3 million electric customers as an Exelon subsidiary.
Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel is a four-lane twin-tube tunnel carrying Interstate 895 under the Patapsco River between Canton and Fairfield in Baltimore, Maryland, opened in November 1957.
Baltimore Memorial Stadium
Baltimore Memorial Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium at 33rd Street in Baltimore, Maryland, home to the Orioles from 1954 to 1991 and the Colts, demolished in 2002.
Baltimore oriole
Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), also called Northern Oriole historically: an orange-and-black migratory songbird breeding in eastern North America, wintering in Central and South America; Maryland's state bird, declining about 36% since 1966.
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles, American League East MLB team at Oriole Park at Camden Yards since 1992; moved from St. Louis as the Browns in 1954; three World Series titles (1966, 1970, 1983), Earl Weaver era, Ripken's streak, Rubenstein ownership.
Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)
Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899), original NL/AA franchise, won three straight NL pennants 1894–1896 under Ned Hanlon with inside baseball; stars sold to Brooklyn, folded 1899; 1901 AL successor became the Yankees.
Baltimore Penn Station
Baltimore Penn Station, officially Pennsylvania Station and originally Union Station, is Baltimore's main passenger rail station, a 1911 Beaux-Arts landmark serving Amtrak and MARC at the city's center.
Baltimore Police Department
Baltimore Police Department (BPD), municipal police agency of Baltimore, Maryland, with over 2,000 sworn members, under a 2017 federal consent decree mandating reforms after a 2016 DOJ civil rights findings report.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), founded 1883 as the Baltimore Manual Training School, is a competitive citywide STEM magnet high school in Baltimore, Maryland, integrated in 1952, coeducational since 1974, ranked No. 6 in Maryland by U.S. News in 2026.
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore Ravens, NFL AFC North team founded 1996 after Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore; named via Baltimore Sun fan poll after Edgar Allan Poe's poem; two-time Super Bowl champions (XXXV, XLVII), play at M&T Bank Stadium.
Baltimore riot of 1861
The Baltimore riot of 1861, also known as the Pratt Street Riot, was a street battle in Baltimore in April 1861 that caused the first fatalities of the Civil War.