Kirkkokari
Kirkkokari is an island in Tornio, Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley, Finnish Lapland. Kirkkokari is situated nearby to the locality Pihlajasaari, as well as near the hamlet Salminpää.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tornio railway station and Tornio Swimming Center.
Tornio railway station
Railway station
Photo: Str4nd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tornio railway station serves the city of Tornio, Finland, being located on the eastern side of the Torne River. The station is connected to the Oulu–Tornio railway, the Tornio–Haparanda railway and the Kolari railway and first opened in 1903.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiviranta and Haparanda.
Haparanda
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Haparanda is a city in Norrbotten, at Sweden's easternmost point. The Finnish town of Tornio is just across the Torne River. It is a great gateway to the wild north of Scandinavia.
Marielund
Suburb
Marielund is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,726 inhabitants in 2010. It was built as a suburb to Haparanda in the 1970s and then got the name Mattila after a small village in the neighbourhood.
Kirkkokari
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Lapland, Finland
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Tornio, Kemi-Tornio, Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.82779° or 65° 49′ 40″ northLongitude
24.23148° or 24° 13′ 53″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9GQ6R6HJ+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 54412174OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Kirkkokari” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirkkokari (pulo sa Finlandia, Lappi)”
- Cebuano: “Kirkkokari”
- Finnish: “Kirkkokari”
- Swedish: “Kirkkokari”
- Turkish: “Kirkkokari”
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