Kahvankari is a small uninhabited island in the Finnish sector of the

Bay of Bothnia The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (; ) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is Post-glacial rebound, still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has ...

offshore from the city of

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

Description

Kahvankari lies to the north of the Hermannit island and to the south of the larger

Kellon Kraaseli Kellon Kraaseli (officially Kraaseli) is an island in the Finnish sector of the Bay of Bothnia. Description Kellon Kraaseli is located off shore from the village of the district in Oulu. The name is derived from the Swedish word ''gråsäl'', ...

island in the Kuivasmeri bay offshore from Taskila. It is about from Letonniemi. The island is protected under the Nature Conservation Act. The island and surrounding water is part of a nature reserve. The island is mainly covered with mixed forest, and its beaches are rocky. North of the island is a sand bar that stretches up to Kellon Kraaseli. Sea birds nest on the island, including the Ruddy turnstone (''Arenaria interpres'').

Gallery

File:Kahvankari, Oulu, Finland 2011-06-17.jpg, Kahvankari from the south

References

{{reflist Finnish islands in the Baltic Geography of Oulu Landforms of North Ostrobothnia Uninhabited islands of Finland