Ukonselkä
Ukonselkä is a section of a lake in Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ukko.
Ukko
Islet
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ukko is an island in Lake Inari, Finnish Lapland. The area of the lake is called Ukonselkä. Ukko was considered by the local Inari Sámi to be an extremely important sieidi, or sacred natural formation, and was used as a sacrificial site, perhaps as recently as in the 19th century.
Ukonselkä
- Type: Section of a lake
- Also known as: “Ukonselka”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.94639° or 68° 56′ 47″ northLongitude
27.31261° or 27° 18′ 45″ eastElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
9GW9W8W7+H2GeoNames ID
633448
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Inari Sami—“Ukonselkä” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Ukonselkä”
- Inari Sami: “Äijihjorŋâ”
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