Saaranpaskantamasaari

Saaranpaskantamasaari is a small uninhabited island located in Lake Onkamojärvi in northeastern Finland, near the border with Russia. It is administered by the municipality of Salla.

The name, in Finnish, means "the island shat by Saara".^[1]

Coordinates: 66°47′10.50″N 29°7′6.48″E / 66.7862500°N 29.1184667°E / 66.7862500; 29.1184667

References

Map from the National Land Survey of Finland

↑ Saaranpaskantamasaari on pieni saari Sallassa, "kerrotaan että joku Saara olisi saarella nuottareissullaan paskantanut". Saaran + paskantama + saari = Saara (women's name) + paskantaa (to shit) + saari (island)."Saaranpaskantamasaari", Nimiarkisto (Names Archive) (Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland)

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