Hylkysaari
Hylkysaari is an island in Helsinki, Uusimaa. Hylkysaari is situated nearby to the neighborhood Nihti, as well as near the quarter Sompasaari.Photo: Joneikifi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Korkeasaari Zoo and Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral.
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.
Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral
Church
Photo: Biopics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Senate Square
Square
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Senate Square presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of Helsinki, Finland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nihti and Kruununhaka and Katajanokka.
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.
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.
Sompasaari
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Hylkysaari
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Helsinki, Finland
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.1714° or 60° 10′ 17″ northLongitude
24.98707° or 24° 59′ 13″ eastOpen location code
9GG65XCP+HROpenStreetMap ID
way 122521984OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
798734Wikidata ID
Q3143927
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Hylkysaari” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Hylkysaari”
- Cebuano: “Hylkysaari (pulo sa Finlandia, Uusimaa)”
- Cebuano: “Hylkysaari”
- Finnish: “Hylkysaari”
- French: “Hylkysaari”
- Swedish: “Vrakholmen, Helsingfors”
- Swedish: “Vrakholmen”
- Turkish: “Hylkysaari”
- Turkish: “Vrakholmen”
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Localities in the Area
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