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Ukonkivi (Virtual cache) Virtual Cache

Hidden : 3/30/2018
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Ukonkivi

Ukonkivi, (English: Ukko's rock), is located on the island of Ukonsaari in lake Inari, Finnish Lapland. The Inari Sami name for the island is Äijih. The area of the lake is called Ukonselkä. Ukonkivi was considered by the local Inari Sami to be an extremely important siedi (Inari Sami: siejdi, Finnish: seita) or sacred natural formation and was used as a sacrificial site, perhaps as recently as in the 19th century. The names "Ukko" and "Äijih" refer to sky deities in the Finnish and Sami mythologies, respectively.

The island is about 30 metres (98 feet) high, 50 metres (160 feet) broad and 100 metres (330 feet) long. The distance from the village of Inari to Ukonkivi is approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 miles). There are guided tours to the site during the summer from the harbour of the Sami museum Siida.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukonkivi


Ukonkivi

Tasks to complete the virtual cache (TASK UPDATED 06/2020)

Attach a photo in your log where is your GPSr or mobilephone and Ukonkivi island on the background. The screen of your mobile device needs to show coordinates which are something between N68° 56.250' E 27° 17.100' and N 68° 56.350' E 27° 17.800'.

Virtual Reward - 2017/2018

This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.

Task was updated as Sami people don't want that people go on the island of Ukonkivi.

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