Kotisaari
Kotisaari is an island on the river Kemijoki, near Rovaniemi, Finland. Starting in the late 1800s, the island was used as a traditional stronghold for lumberjacks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum and Rovaniemi Church.
Rovaniemi Church
Church
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rovaniemi Mother Church is a church located in the city center of Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland. The 850-seat church, designed by architect Bertel Liljequist, was completed in 1950.
Rovaniemi railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.
Rovaniemi railway station is located in Rovaniemi, Finland. The line from the south opened in 1909, and was extended to Kemijärvi in 1934. It features direct daytime and overnight passenger trains to Oulu, Tampere, Helsinki and Turku; as of March 2014 the overnight train provided the only passenger service north to Kemijärvi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ounasrinne and Korkalovaara.
Ounasrinne
Suburb
Photo: Lijonama80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ounasrinne is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km east of Kotisaari.
Korkalovaara
Suburb
Photo: Xepheid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Korkalovaara is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Kotisaari.
Kotisaari
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Finland
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Rovaniemi, Rovaniemi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.48706° or 66° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
25.73315° or 25° 43′ 59″ eastElevation
92 metres (302 feet)Open location code
9GR7FPPM+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 24644829OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Uzbek—“Kotisaari” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kotisaari”
- Cebuano: “Kotisaari (pulo sa Finlandia, Lappi, Rovaniemi)”
- Cebuano: “Kotisaari”
- Finnish: “Kotisaari”
- Hebrew: “האי קוטיסארי”
- Swedish: “Kotisaari”
- Turkish: “Kotisaari”
- Uzbek: “Kotisaari”
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