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Venla Karkola, Inari Municipal Business & Development Nordica Janne Seurujärvi, Inari Municipal Business & Development Nordica Peter Johansson, Geological Survey of Finland Presentation in EGN Conference Rokua, Finland, 3 September 2015

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Over 60 geosites:

Geological Sites Gold History Sites Other Sites Information Centers Area of the Geopark:

5125 km2

Rokua Geopark

Over 60 geosites:

Geological Sites Gold History Sites Other Sites Information Centers Area of the Geopark:

5125 km2

Defining… Interpretation of Geosites: Description, map, picture, linked to the story

Background: Geological Survey of Finland has studied the Northern Lapland over 100 years Gold Museum of Tankavaara is over 40 years SIIDA, culture, archeology Metsähallitus Gold Prospectors’ Association Indigenous Sámi people

The Saarnaköngäs rapids At the Saarnaköngäs rapids there is a large pothole carved in the cliff on the western river

• bank. It resembles a pulpit. According to a legend, the priest used it to deliver his sermons

to gold-diggers. It has given Saarnaköngäs (Finnish for “Sermon Rapids”) its name. On the banks of the river there are also other small potholes, whose depths vary between 0.1 and 0.3 metres and with diameters of 0.2–0.7 metres. Saarnaköngäs potholes and many other small pothole-like forms along the valley bottom gives reason to suppose, that the sub- glacial meltwater river once flowed along this valley.

Geological site:

• No. 4: The Saarnaköngäs rapids

No 20. The Ravadasköngäs waterfall The Ravadasköngäs gorge and 7-metres-high waterfall are situated near the mouth of the Ravadasjoki river. They make up one of the best-known excursion sites in the Lemmenjoki

• area. Ravadasköngäs consists of several falls in a row hidden deep in the gorge, which is
• riginally an old glacial meltwater channel. In the upper part of the cascade, there are

pothole-like forms. They have been eroded at the foot of the canyon walls along with the rock surfaces scoured by the meltwater. They bear witness to the erosive action of the glacial meltwater in the final phase of the last glaciations. First and last, Ravadasköngäs is

• ne of the finest waterfalls in Finland. Its beauty is emphasized by huge amount of falling

water all the year. No 20. The Ravadasköngäs waterfall The Ravadasköngäs gorge and 7-metres-high waterfall are situated near the mouth of the Ravadasjoki river. They make up one of the best-known excursion sites in the Lemmenjoki

• area. Ravadasköngäs consists of several falls in a row hidden deep in the gorge, which is
• riginally an old glacial meltwater channel. In the upper part of the cascade, there are

pothole-like forms. They have been eroded at the foot of the canyon walls along with the rock surfaces scoured by the meltwater. They bear witness to the erosive action of the glacial meltwater in the final phase of the last glaciations. First and last, Ravadasköngäs is

• ne of the finest waterfalls in Finland. Its beauty is emphasized by huge amount of falling

water all the year.

Geological site:

• No. 21: The RavadasköngäsWaterfall

Geosites: 1) Is it interesting?

Kultahistoria

Geosites: 2) Is it accessible?

Geosites: 3) Is it part

• f the story?

Further development of geological story Educational plan Joint projects and co-operation

Next Steps in Golden Geopark

Further development of geological story Educational plan Joint projects and co-operation

Next Steps in Golden Geopark

Further development of geological story Educational plan Joint projects and co-operation

Next Steps in Golden Geopark

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