Vantaa River

Vantaanjoki is a 101-kilometre long river in Southern Finland. The river starts from the lake Erkylänjärvi in and flows into the Gulf of Finland at Vanhankaupunginselkä in .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Rapids
  • Description: river of Southern Finland
  • Also known as: “Königstedtinkoski”, “Vaentaen”, “Vanda å”, “Vandaå”, “Vantaajoki”, “Vantaanjoki”, and “Wanda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Königstedt Manor and Katriina hospital.

Manor estate
Photo: Signe Brander, Public domain.
is a historic manor house in Riipilä in the municipality of , Finland, close to . The mansion is located at the bank of the Vantaa river.

Hospital
Photo: Paju, CC BY-SA 3.0.

School
Photo: Paju, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seutula and Luhtaanmäki.

Suburb
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 4.0.
is a district in , , located inside the curve of the River Vantaa. is also a village in the medieval town of Helsinki, stretching to Rajakoski in the north, Lavanko in the east covering the whole district of Kiila, and including Sotilaskorpi in the south.

Suburb
is a district in , . It is located in the northwestern part of the area, close to the border of municipality and its largest village, . is situated 3 km west of Vantaa River.

Quarter
Photo: Ximonic, CC BY 4.0.
is a quarter, which is situated 3 km south of Vantaa River.

Vantaa River

Latitude
60.34342° or 60° 20′ 36″ north
Longitude
24.8494° or 24° 50′ 58″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9GG68RVX+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31917082
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­rapids
Geo­Names ID
632451
Wiki­data ID
Q2092330
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Satellite Map

Discover Vantaa River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Vantaa River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Vantaa”
  • Belarusian: “Вантаа”
  • Catalan: “riu Vantaa”
  • Cebuano: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Chinese: “萬塔河”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ڤانتا”
  • Estonian: “Vantaa jõgi”
  • Finnish: “Vanda å”
  • Finnish: “Vantaajoki”
  • Finnish: “Vantaanjoki”
  • French: “Vantaanjoki”
  • German: “Vanda å”
  • German: “Vantaajoki”
  • German: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Hebrew: “ונטה (נהר בפינלנד)”
  • Inari Sami: “Vantaajuuhâ”
  • Interlingue: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Vantaa”
  • Japanese: “ヴァンター川”
  • Luxembourgish: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Northern Sami: “Vantaajohka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanda å”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vanda-elva”
  • Norwegian: “Vanda å”
  • Persian: “وانتا”
  • Polish: “Vantaa”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Vantaa”
  • Russian: “Вантаа”
  • Russian: “Вантаанйоки”
  • Russian: “Вантааньйоки”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vantaa”
  • Skolt Sami: “Vantaajokk”
  • Slovenian: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Spanish: “Rio Vantaa”
  • Spanish: “Río Vantaa”
  • Swedish: “Vanda å”
  • Swedish: “Vanda Å”
  • Swedish: “Vantaajoki”
  • Swedish: “Vantaanjoki”
  • Turkish: “Vantaa Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Вантаа”
  • Uzbek: “Vantaa (daryo)”
  • Uzbek: “Vantaa”
  • Welsh: “Afon Vantaa”
  • “Vantaa”
  • “Vantaanjoki”

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Localities in the Area

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