KuivasaariOld coastal artillery in Kuivasaari. Photo taken from roof of a 305 mm twin turret.
Kuivasaari (Torra Mjölö in Swedish) is a Finnish island in the Gulf of Finland, near Helsinki.
Kuivasaari is located some 5 kilometres (3 miles) out into the Gulf of Finland, due south of Helsinki city centre, and was for many years the outermost inhabited island in the Helsinki archipelago (now there is no permanent settlement based on the island). It lies parallel to the Harmaja lighthouse, and the main shipping route into and out of Helsinki passes between the two. In fair weather the city of Tallinn, Estonia on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland is visible from the observation tower.
The whole island is a military installation of the Finnish Defence Forces, and access for civilians is heavily restricted. A number of coastal artillery guns are installed there, including some exceptionally heavy 12-inch (305 mm) pieces. The island served as an important coastal artillery fort protecting the entrance to Helsinki harbour during the World Wars.
The island gets its name, meaning 'dry island', from the fact that there is no fresh water on the island, and water is instead pumped from the nearby Isosaari island.
017°E / 60.100; 25.017 Kuivasaari (Torra Mjölö in Swedish) is a Finnish island in the Gulf of Finland, near Helsinki. Kuivasaari is located some 5 kilometres...
been transported away for scrapping or resale. The 100 TK battery in Kuivasaari will be preserved as a museum battery. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
largest of which featured a 305 mm (12.0 in) gun battery on the island of Kuivasaari in front of Helsinki, originally intended to block the Gulf of Finland...
only 6 m (20 ft) rangefinder was located in Kuivasaari. The island also had a 150 cm searchlight. Kuivasaari telephone exchange was also the central gunnery...
ground when not firing, for added protection. A twin 305 mm gun turret at Kuivasaari, Finland, completed in 1935. One of three 40.6cm guns at Batterie "Lindemann"...
Andrei Pervozvanny, August 1914. 120mm 45 caliber Canet coastal gun on Kuivasaari Island. This gun was in Finnish coastal artillery school until 1993. This...
on Obukhov carriage in Kuivasaari. Imperial Russian 75 mm model 1892 Canet gun on 152 mm naval howitzer carriage in Kuivasaari. 75 mm Canet on howitzer...
57 55 J 57 55 J in Kuivasaari 2009 (without gunshield) Type Light coastal gun Place of origin Finland Service history In service 1950–1965 Production history...
remaining spare barrel is preserved at the Finnish Coast Artillery Museum at Kuivasaari. Nina also carried some of General Alekseyev's 13 cm guns. Several of...
1891. 254 mm 45 caliber model 1891 coastal gun on Durlacher mount in Kuivasaari. Manufactured by Obukhov in 1906, serial number 114. Apraksin in Kronstadt...
the Bolshevik Revolution. 152 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892 coastal gun on Kuivasaari Island. Manufactured by the Obukhov State Plant in 1896, serial number...
Kelley, Peter McEvoy Finland J. Alatalo, Patrick Halamaa, K. Ikola, Pekka Kuivasaari, Timo Sipponen, J. Vilmunen France Sven Boinet, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis...
(1): 135–140. doi:10.1111/maps.12407. ISSN 1086-9379. Pesonen, L. J.; Kuivasaari, T.; Lehtinen, M.; Elo, S. (1999). "Paasselkä - a new meteorite impact...
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