Blekungen

Blekungen is an islet in Pargas, Åboland-Turunmaa, Finland Proper. Blekungen is situated nearby to the hamlet Skråbbo, as well as near Nederkirjala.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pargas and Papinsaari.

Pargas

Town

Photo: BishkekRocks, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pargas is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, the municipality is still mostly rural. Pargas is situated 4½ km south of Blekungen.

Papinsaari

Suburb

Photo: Kotivalo, CC0.

Papinsaari is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the southeastern extremity of the island of Hirvensalo, off the city's coastline. Papinsaari is situated 6 km north of Blekungen.

Kaistarniemi

Suburb

Photo: MKFI, Public domain.

The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards and into 87 non-governmental districts. These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, sectors of the central business district are identified by Roman numerals. Kaistarniemi is situated 7 km north of Blekungen.

Blekungen

Type: Islet
Description: island in Finland Proper, Finland
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Pargas, Åboland-Turunmaa, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

60.33983° or 60° 20′ 23″ north

Longitude

22.29797° or 22° 17′ 53″ east

Open location code

9GG487QX+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 167840636

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

10070247

Wikidata ID

Q24452732

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Blekungen” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Блекунген”
Cebuano: “Blekungen”
Finnish: “Blekungen”
Swedish: “Blekungen”
Turkish: “Blekungen”

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