Ukko
Ukko is an island in Lake Inari, Finnish Lapland. The area of the lake is called Ukonselkä. Ukko was considered by the local Inari Sámi to be an extremely important sieidi, or sacred natural formation, and was used as a sacrificial site, perhaps as recently as in the 19th century.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island on Lake Inari in Inari, Finland
- Also known as: “AEijih”, “Ukko’s rock”, “Ukonkivi”, and “Ukonsaari”
- Address: Inari
Ukko
- Categories: island, archaeological site, grassland, historic site, place of worship, locality, and landform
- Location: Inari, Pohjois-Lappi, North-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.93888° or 68° 56′ 20″ north
Longitude
27.2921° or 27° 17′ 32″ east
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Open location code
9GW9W7QR+HR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Turkish—“Ukko” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Востраў Уканківі”
- Belarusian: “Уканківі”
- Cebuano: “Äijih (pulo sa Finlandia)”
- Cebuano: “Äijih”
- Chinese: “烏孔基維”
- Chinese: “烏空奇維”
- Croatian: “Ukonkivi”
- Czech: “posvátné místo Sámů”
- Czech: “Ukonsaari”
- Dutch: “Ukonkivi”
- Dutch: “Ukonsaari”
- Estonian: “Äijihsuálui”
- Finnish: “Äijih”
- Finnish: “Äijihsuálui”
- Finnish: “Ukko”
- Finnish: “Ukonkivi”
- Finnish: “Ukonsaari”
- French: “Ukko”
- French: “Ukonkivi”
- German: “Ukko”
- German: “Ukonkivi”
- German: “Ukonsaari”
- Inari Sami: “Äijih”
- Inari Sami: “Äijihsuálui”
- Korean: “우코섬”
- Korean: “우콘키비 섬”
- Latvian: “Ukonkivi”
- Northern Sami: “Áddjá”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ukko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ukonkivi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ukonsaari”
- Russian: “Уконкиви”
- Spanish: “Ukonkivi”
- Swedish: “Äijih (ö i Finland)”
- Swedish: “Ukko”
- Swedish: “Ukonkivi”
- Swedish: “Ukonsaari”
- Turkish: “Storlandet”
- Turkish: “Ukko Adası”
- Turkish: “Ukko”
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