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Sonkka Destination Guide
Explore Sonkka in Finland
Sonkka in the region of Province of Eastern Finland is a town in Finland - some 202 mi or ( 324 km ) North-East of Helsinki , the country's capital city .
Current time in Sonkka is now 08:50 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Leningrad, Veliky Novgorod, Tartu, Vuokala, and Varkaus. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Leningrad . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Sonkka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Salmon Trolling on Lake Saimaa
Fishing trips and holidays on Lake Saimaa. Read More: www.oldschooltrolling.fi ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Vuokalanjärvi
Vuokalanjärvi is a lake in the east of Finland, close to the border with Russia.
Located at 62.24 29.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Savonranta
Savonranta is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Savonlinna in the beginning of the year 2009. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 1,263 (2003) and covered an area of 568.59 km² of which 182.55 km² is water. The population density was 3.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Located at 62.17 29.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Pyyvesi
Pyyvesi is a lake of Finland.
Located at 62.17 29.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Orivirran saarto
Orivirran saarto is a ruin of a 16th century fortress located in Savonranta, Finland. It is believed to be built some time between 1540 and 1550 and was used until the beginning of the 17th century. Its status was to be an early warning for the St. Olaf's Castle which is still located 50 km to south. It has a four cornered layout with dimensions of 60 m by 20 m build from stones and an outer fortress around 65 m by 75 m. When operational it had 300 to 400 soldiers and 5 to 10 cannons.
Located at 62.16 29.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Ylä-Enonvesi
Ylä-Enonvesi is a lake in the southeast of Finland, close to its border with Russia.
Located at 62.06 29.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
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- Sopenmaki (Province of Eastern Finland)
- Sopanen (Province of Southern Finland)
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- Soormarkku (Province of Western Finland)
- Sontula (Province of Western Finland)
- Sontu (Province of Western Finland)
- Sonnila (Province of Eastern Finland)
Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.