Selkäsaari
Selkäsaari is an islet in Kolari, Tunturi-Lappi, Finnish Lapland. Selkäsaari is situated nearby to the neighborhood Peltotieva, as well as near Nilivaara.Places of Interest
Highlights include Jounin Kauppa and St. Laurentius chapel.
Jounin Kauppa
Convenience store
Jounin Kauppa is a supermarket and family business in the village of Äkäslompolo, Kolari in Finnish Lapland. The supermarket operates under the K-Market chain and brand, part of the Kesko conglomerate.
Yllästunturi Visitor Centre Kellokas
Ranger station
Yllästunturi Visitor Centre Kellokas is a ranger station, which is situated 3 km southeast of Selkäsaari.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Äkäslompolo.
Äkäslompolo
Äkäslompolo is a resort town and a village of 600 inhabitants in Finnish Lapland, around the namesake lake in the municipality Kolari. It is a hub for travellers of the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park both in the summer and winter, part of the Ylläs ski resort and also a destination of its own, with a large track and trail network for skiing, snowmobiling, hiking and mountain biking.Selkäsaari
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Selkaesaari”
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Kolari, Tunturi-Lappi, North-west Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.60901° or 67° 36′ 32″ north
Longitude
24.15639° or 24° 9′ 23″ east
Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)
Open location code
9GV6J554+JH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Selkäsaari” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Selkäsaari”
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Localities in the Area
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