Vuolenkoski
Vuolenkoski is a village located in the northern part of Iitti municipality in Päijät-Häme, Finland. Kymi River flows south of the village. Vuolenkoski has an elementary school, a sports field, a café and a volunteer fire department.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Junafani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Iitti, Finland
- Also known as: “Vuelenkoski”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Giant’s kettle and Vuolenkosken voimalaitos.
Giant’s kettle
Historic site
Photo: Beckstet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A giant's kettle, also known as either a giant's cauldron, moulin pothole, or glacial pothole, is a typically large and cylindrical pothole drilled in solid rock underlying a glacier either by water descending down a deep moulin or by gravel rotating in the bed of subglacial meltwater stream.
Vuolenkosken voimalaitos
Power station
Photo: Msaynevirta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vuolenkosken voimalaitos is a power station.
Vuolenkoski
- Categories: village or neighbourhood and locality
- Location: Iitti, Lahti, Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.0859° or 61° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
26.16075° or 26° 9′ 39″ eastElevation
92 metres (302 feet)Open location code
9GH835P6+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 293891537OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Vuolenkoski” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Vuolenkoski”
- Finnish: “Vuolenkoski”
- Swedish: “Vuolenkoski”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Huutotöyry and Koskenniska.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kyläpiste and Vuolenkosken paloasema.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vuolenkoski”. Photo: Junafani, CC BY-SA 3.0.