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Ohtakari

Coordinates: 64°5.428′N 23°24.315′E / 64.090467°N 23.405250°E / 64.090467; 23.405250
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Ohtakari
Ohtakari is located in Finland
Ohtakari
Ohtakari
Geography
Coordinates64°5.428′N 23°24.315′E / 64.090467°N 23.405250°E / 64.090467; 23.405250
Adjacent toBay of Bothnia
Administration
Finland
RegionNorthern Ostrobothnia
MunicipalityKokkola

Ohtakari is an island and community in the Finnish sector of the Bay of Bothnia.

Description

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Ohtakari is an island and fishing village of the Kokkola district in the former municipality of Lohtaja. Ohtakari is at the head of the Lohtaja Vattaja peninsula, connected by a causeway, the last island before the open sea. From Ohtakari to Lohtaja village is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). Ohtakari holds a fishing port, a fishing museum, a Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland (Suomen Luterilainen Evankeliumiyhdistys ry, SLEY) camp and an old turf maze, or Troy Town. There is also a look-out tower and functioning lighthouse. An annual festival is held in the village.

History

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The oldest taxation records of Ohtakari date to the 1500s. Fishermen lived on the island during the best fishing period. The island also served as a pilot's station for more than a hundred years. The work of the fishermen in the old days is presented in the fishing museum. The causeway leading to the island was completed in the 1970s.

Distances

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  • Lohtaja village - about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)
  • Kokkola - about 45 kilometres (28 mi)
  • Himanka - about 20 kilometres (12 mi)
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