Pursiala giant’s cauldron

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.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …is also known as “Pursialan hiidenkirnu”
  • …is open 24/7
  • …is not wheelchair accessible

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Latitude
61.67047° or 61° 40′ 14″ north
Longitude
27.2946° or 27° 17′ 41″ east
Open location code
9GH9M7CV+5R
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction

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