Korkeasaari
Korkeasaari is an island in Helsinki. The literal meaning of Korkeasaari is "Tall Island/Islet". It is part of the Mustikkamaa–Korkeasaari district. Korkeasaari Zoo is located on the island and named after it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Högholm”, “Högholmskobb”, “Korkeasaarenluoto”, and “Korkesaari”
Photo: MKFI, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Korkeasaari Zoo and Buck statue.
Korkeasaari Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Korkeasaari Zoo, also known as Helsinki Zoo, is the largest zoo in Finland, located in Helsinki. The zoo was first opened in 1889. Today it is operated by a nonprofit foundation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nihti and Sompasaari.
Nihti
Neighborhood
Photo: Taavi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nihti is an island on the Kruunuvuorenselkä water area in the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, Finland. On the northern side of the Nihdinkanava channel is the island of Sompasaari.
Sompasaari
Quarter
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Sompasaari is an island on the Kruunuvuorenselkä water area in the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, Finland. On the southern side of the Nihdinkanava channel built in the middle of Sompasaari is the island of Nihti.
Kruununhaka and Katajanokka
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Kruununhaka and Katajanokka are two districts of Helsinki right to the east of downtown, here defined as east of Unioninkatu, and stretching as far south as the Market Hall.
Korkeasaari
- Category: landform
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Korkeasaari” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Korkeasaari (pulo sa Finland, Uusimaa, lat 60,17, long 24,98)”
- Cebuano: “Korkeasaari”
- Chinese: “高島”
- Dutch: “Korkeasaari”
- Finnish: “Korkeasaari”
- French: “Korkeasaari”
- German: “Korkeasaari”
- Persian: “کرکئاساری”
- Persian: “کورکساری”
- Polish: “Korkeasaari”
- Spanish: “Korkeasaari”
- Swedish: “Högholmen”
- Turkish: “Korkeasaari”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Korkeasaari”. Photo: Annikaeemeli, CC BY-SA 4.0.