Porkkalanniemi

Porkkalanniemi, often referred to simply as Porkkala, is a peninsula in the Gulf of Finland, located at in Southern . The peninsula had great strategic value, as coastal artillery based there would be able to shoot more than halfway across the Gulf of Finland.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: peninsula in Kirkkonummi, Finland
  • Also known as: “Península de Porkkala”, “Porkala udd”, “Porkala udde”, “Porkalla”, “Porkkala”, “Porkkala (halvö)”, “Porkkalan niemi”, “波卡拉”, “波尔卡拉”, “波尔卡拉半岛”, “波爾卡拉”, and “波爾卡拉半島”

Porkkalanniemi

Latitude
59.98581° or 59° 59′ 9″ north
Longitude
24.43443° or 24° 26′ 4″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FI POA
Open location code
9GF6XCPM+8Q
Geo­Names ID
640987
Wiki­data ID
Q1474150
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Porkkalanniemi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوركالا”
  • Armenian: “Պորկկալա-Ուդդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Porkkala”
  • Basque: “Porkkala”
  • Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Поркала”
  • Belarusian: “Поркала”
  • Catalan: “Porkkala”
  • Cebuano: “Porkkala (lawis)”
  • Cebuano: “Porkkala”
  • Chinese: “波卡拉半岛”
  • Chinese: “波卡拉半島”
  • Czech: “Porkkala”
  • Danish: “Porkkala”
  • Dutch: “Porkkala”
  • Esperanto: “Porkkala”
  • Estonian: “Porkkala neem”
  • Finnish: “Porkkala”
  • Finnish: “Porkkalanniemi”
  • French: “Porkkala”
  • German: “Halbinsel Porkkala”
  • Hebrew: “פורקאלה”
  • Italian: “Porkkala”
  • Japanese: “ポルッカラ”
  • Lithuanian: “Porkkala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkala”
  • Polish: “Porkkala”
  • Russian: “Поркала”
  • Russian: “Порккала”
  • Spanish: “Porkkala”
  • Swedish: “Porkala”
  • Tatar: “Порккала ярымутравы”
  • Turkish: “Porkkala”
  • Ukrainian: “Порккала”

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