Vallisaari
Vallisaari is an island in Helsinki, Finland. It is located between Suomenlinna and Santahamina. The island has some ponds, and it was first known for hundreds of years as a place where sailors could take fresh water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: MKFI, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Båkholm” and “Bok Holm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alexander Battery and Finnish submarine Vesikko.
Finnish submarine Vesikko
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku. Until 1936 it was named by its yard number CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a Dutch engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the German Type II submarines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Suomenlinna and Santahamina.
Suomenlinna
Suburb
Photo: Michal.pise, CC BY 2.0.
South Helsinki is in this guide defined as the part of Helsinki south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the Suomenlinna islands.
Santahamina
Suburb
Santahamina is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted.
Vallisaari
- Categories: tourist attraction, natural heritage, hiking area, locality, and landform
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.13551° or 60° 8′ 8″ northLongitude
25.00207° or 25° 0′ 7″ eastOpen location code
9GG742P2+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 38500940OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
632574Wikidata ID
Q17826263
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Vallisaari” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վալիսաարի”
- Bulgarian: “Скансландет”
- Cebuano: “Skanslandet”
- Chinese: “瓦利岛”
- Czech: “Vallisaari”
- Dutch: “Vallisaari”
- Estonian: “Vallisaari”
- Finnish: “Skanslandet”
- Finnish: “Vallisaari”
- French: “Vallisaari”
- German: “Skanslandet”
- German: “Vallisaari”
- Persian: “والیساری”
- Russian: “Валлисаари”
- Russian: “Скансланд”
- Swedish: “Skanslandet”
- Swedish: “Träskö”
- Turkish: “Vallisaari”
- Ukrainian: “Валлісаарі”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Casemate 1880-l. (gunpowder cellar of battery 3 50) and Casemate 1880-l. (gunpowder cellar of battery 3, 51).
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