Porkkalanniemi
Porkkalanniemi, often referred to simply as Porkkala, is a peninsula in the Gulf of Finland, located at Kirkkonummi in Southern Finland. The peninsula had great strategic value, as coastal artillery based there would be able to shoot more than halfway across the Gulf of Finland.
Migro, Public domain.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
- Description: peninsula in Kirkkonummi, Finland
- Also known as“Porkala”“Porkala udd”“Porkalla”“Porkkala”
- Category: peninsula
- Location
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Latitude
59.98581° or 59° 59′ 9″ north
Longitude
24.43443° or 24° 26′ 4″ east
UN/LOCODE
FI POA
Open location code
9GF6XCPM+8Q
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Porkkalanniemi” goes by many names.
بوركالاArabic
Պորկկալա-ՈւդդArmenian
PorkkalaAzerbaijani
PorkkalaBasque
PorkkalanniemiBasque
Паўвостраў ПоркалаBelarusian
ПоркалаBelarusian
Península de PorkkalaCatalan
PorkkalaCatalan
PorkkalaCebuano
Porkkala (lawis)Cebuano
波卡拉Chinese
波卡拉半岛Chinese
波卡拉半島Chinese
波尔卡拉Chinese
波尔卡拉半岛Chinese
波爾卡拉Chinese
波爾卡拉半島Chinese
PorkkalaCzech
PorkkalaDanish
PorkkalaDutch
PorkalaEsperanto
PorkkalaEsperanto
Porkkala neemEstonian
Porkala uddFinnish
PorkkalaFinnish
Porkkalan niemiFinnish
פורקאלהHebrew
PorkkalaItalian
ポルッカラJapanese
PorkkalaLithuanian
PorkalaNorwegian Bokmål
PorkkalaPolish
ПоркалаRussian
ПорккалаRussian
PorkalaSwedish
Porkala uddSwedish
Porkala uddeSwedish
Porkkala (halvö)Swedish
PorkkalanniemiSwedish
Порккала ярымутравыTatar
PorkkalaTurkish
ПорккалаUkrainian
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