Päijänne Tavastia
Lahti
Iitti

Giant’s kettle

A giant's kettle, also known as either a giant's cauldron, moulin pothole, or glacial pothole, is a typically large and cylindrical pothole drilled in solid rock underlying a glacier either by water descending down a deep moulin or by gravel rotating in the bed of subglacial meltwater stream.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: cavity or hole which appears to have been drilled in the surrounding rocks by eddying currents of water bearing stones, gravel and other detrital matter
  • Also known as: “giant’s cauldron”, “giant’s kettle”, “glacial pothole”, “moulin pothole”, and “pothole”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vuolenkosken voimalaitos.

Power station
Photo: Msaynevirta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a power station, which is situated 410 metres northwest of Giant’s kettle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vuolenkoski and Kimola.

Village
Photo: Junafani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a located in the northern part of municipality in , . Kymi River flows south of the village. has an elementary school, a sports field, a café and a volunteer fire department.

Village
Photo: Avanninen, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 9 km southeast of Giant’s kettle.

Giant’s kettle

Latitude
61.07801° or 61° 4′ 41″ north
Longitude
26.18984° or 26° 11′ 23″ east
Open location code
9GH835HQ+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2550448264
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­giants_kettle
Wiki­data ID
Q1358604
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Giant’s kettle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلاية العملاق”
  • Arabic: “مرجل العملاق”
  • Aragonese: “Olla d’o diaple”
  • Aragonese: “Olla de chigant”
  • Aragonese: “Olla de diaple”
  • Bulgarian: “Еворзионен котел”
  • Catalan: “Marmita dels gegants”
  • Chinese: “壺穴”
  • Czech: “obří hrnce”
  • Czech: “Obří hrnce”
  • Czech: “Obří hrnec”
  • Danish: “Jættegryde”
  • Esperanto: “Marmito de giganto”
  • Estonian: “hiiukirn”
  • Estonian: “Hiiukirn”
  • Estonian: “hiiukirnud”
  • Estonian: “Soome hiiukirnud”
  • Finnish: “hiidenkattila”
  • Finnish: “hiidenkirnu”
  • Finnish: “Hiidenkirnu”
  • Finnish: “hiidenkirnut”
  • Finnish: “noidanpata”
  • French: “Marmite de géant”
  • French: “marmite du diable”
  • French: “Marmites de géant”
  • German: “Gletschertopf”
  • German: “Riesentöpfe”
  • German: “Strudellöcher”
  • Hebrew: “מכתש קרחוני”
  • Hungarian: “gleccsertál”
  • Hungarian: “Gleccsertál”
  • Icelandic: “Skessuketill”
  • Inari Sami: “jietânâskirno”
  • Inari Sami: “kufittárkirno”
  • Italian: “marmitta dei giganti”
  • Italian: “marmitte dei giganti”
  • Italian: “Marmitte dei giganti”
  • Japanese: “かめ穴”
  • Japanese: “ポットホール”
  • Japanese: “甌穴”
  • Malayalam: “ജയന്റ്സ് കെറ്റിൽ”
  • Northern Sami: “noaidegievdni”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “gjettegryte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “jettegryte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “jettegryter”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jettegryte”
  • Norwegian: “Jettegryte”
  • Polish: “Marmit”
  • Portuguese: “marmita de gigante”
  • Portuguese: “marmita”
  • Portuguese: “Marmita”
  • Romanian: “Marmită de eroziune”
  • Romansh: “Marmitte dei Giganti”
  • Russian: “исполиновы котлы”
  • Russian: “Исполиновы котлы”
  • Russian: “исполинские котлы”
  • Slovak: “Obrov hrnec”
  • Slovenian: “draslja”
  • Southern Sami: “jïekngekrovhte”
  • Spanish: “Marmita de gigante”
  • Spanish: “Marmitas de gigante”
  • Spanish: “Pilancón”
  • Swedish: “jättegryta”
  • Swedish: “Jättegryta”
  • Swedish: “jättegrytor”
  • Swedish: “Jättergrytor”
  • Thai: “กุมภลักษณ์”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kyläkirkko and Vuolenkosken Kesätori.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Giant’s kettle”. Photo: Beckstet, CC BY-SA 3.0.