Kirkkokari
Kirkkokari is an islet 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 Alatornio Church.
Tornio railway station
Railway station
Photo: Str4nd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tornio railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Kirkkokari.
Alatornio Church
Church
Photo: Lijonama45, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alatornio Church is situated 3½ km west of Kirkkokari.
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. Marielund is situated 6 km northwest of Kirkkokari.
Kirkkokari
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lapland, Finland
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Tornio, Kemi-Tornio, Sea Lapland and Torne River Valley, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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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
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
10092968Wikidata ID
Q24551421
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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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