 Säppi harbor | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 61°28.6′N021°21.1′E / 61.4767°N 21.3517°E Coordinates: 61°28.6′N021°21.1′E / 61.4767°N 21.3517°E |
| Area | 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.3 km (0.81 mi) |
| Width | 1.1 km (0.68 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 8.0 m (26.2 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Municipality | Eurajoki |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Säppi (Swedish : Sebbskär) is an island on the coast of Bothnian Sea in the municipality of Eurajoki in Finland. The island is located some 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the city of Pori and 6.5 kilometres (4.0 miles) off the mainland.
Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken natively by 9.6 million people, predominantly in Sweden, and in parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and to some extent with Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Both Norwegian and Danish are generally easier for Swedish speakers to read than to listen to because of difference in accent and tone when speaking. Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It has the most speakers of the North Germanic languages.
The Bothnian Sea links the Bothnian Bay with the Baltic proper. Kvarken is situated between the two. Together, the Bothnian Sea and Bay make up a larger geographical entity, the Gulf of Bothnia, where the Bothnian Sea is the southern part. The whole Gulf of Bothnia is situated between Sweden, to the West, Finland, to the East, and the Sea of Åland and Archipelago Sea to the South. The surface area of Bothnian Sea is approximately 79,000 km². The largest coastal towns, from south to north, are Rauma and Pori in Finland, and Gävle and Sundsvall in Sweden. Umeå (Sweden) and Vaasa (Finland) lie in the extreme north, near Bothnian Bay.
Eurajoki is a municipality of Finland located in the region of Satakunta in the province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of 9,502 and covers an area of 1,504.96 square kilometres (581.07 sq mi) of which 298.39 km2 (115.21 sq mi) is water. The population density is 27.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (71.3/sq mi).
Island of Säppi is best known of the 1873 built Säppi lighthouse and its community which are inventoried by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities as one of Cultural heritage sites of national importance in Finland. [1] Säppi has been a part of the Bothnian Sea National Park since 2011. [2] Today the island is visited some 4,000 tourists annually. [3]
Säppi lighthouse is a lighthouse on the coast of Bothnian Sea, located outside the city of Pori in the island of Säppi. The lighthouse stands approximately 14 kilometers Southwest of the Port of Pori on the area of Eurajoki municipality. It was designed by Finnish architect Axel Hampus Dalström and first lit in 1873.
Bothnian Sea National Park is a national park in Finland. It was established in early 2011. Around 98% of the surface of the National Park consists of water.
Säppi is one of the seven Finnish islands with a wild mouflon population. They were introduced in 1949 by a group of local hunters. [4] The Säppi sheep have given the name for a beer brand "Mufloni", bottled by a local brewery Beer Hunter's. [5] From early spring to October the island hosts a herd of highland cattle used by Finnish forest administration for conservation grazing. [4] Säppi is also popular among birdwatchers.
The mouflon is a subspecies group of the wild sheep. Populations of O. orientalis can be partitioned into the mouflons and the urials. The mouflon is thought to be the ancestor for all modern domestic sheep breeds.
Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's is a Finnish brewery, distillery and a restaurant. Founded in 1998 and located in the city of Pori, the brewery restaurant started distilling malt whisky in 2001.
Highland cattle are a Scottish cattle breed. They have long horns and long, wavy, woolly coats that are coloured black, brown, yellow, white, gray, "silver", or tan, and they also may be brindled. Highlands are raised primarily for their meat. They originated in the Highlands and Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland and were first mentioned in the 6th century AD. The first herd book described two distinct types of Highland cattle but, due to crossbreeding between the two, only one type now exists and is registered. They have since been exported worldwide.
