Karsittusaari
Karsittusaari is an islet in Inari, Pohjois-Lappi, Finnish Lapland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ukko.
Ukko
Islet
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Ukko is situated 3½ km southwest of Karsittusaari.
Karsittusaari
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lapland, Finland
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Inari, Pohjois-Lappi, North-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.95177° or 68° 57′ 6″ northLongitude
27.37545° or 27° 22′ 32″ eastElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
9GW9X92G+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 389045342OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Karsittusaari” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Карситусари”
- Cebuano: “Karsittusaari”
- Finnish: “Karsittusaari”
- Swedish: “Karsittusaari”
- Turkish: “Karsittusaari”
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