Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Northern Savonia
• Level 2: Ylä-Savo
• Level 3: Sonkajärvi

Current local time in Sonkajärvi:

12:01 PM, Tuesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Sonkajärvi on map:^[1]

Sonkajärvi GPS coordinates^[2]

63° 40' 0.012" North, 27° 31' 0.012" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	63.97686°,	26.81355°
Center:	63.66667°,	27.51667°
Lower-right:	63.35305°,	28.2198°
Map W x H:	69.4×69.4 km	= 43.1×43.1mi

max Lat:	69.90864°   ⇑18.6% North
Sonkajärvi:	63.66667°
min Lat:	⇓81.4% South 59.83333°

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min Long	Sonkajärvi	max Long
21.2°	27.51667°	30.93276°
W 84%⇐		⇒16% E

Elevation

Elevation of Sonkajärvi is 125 m = 410 ft, and this is 47.9 m = 157 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	299 m = 981 ft	15.2%
Sonkajärvi	125 m 410 ft
Avg.	77.1 m = 253 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	84.8%

See also: Finland elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Sonkajärvi is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 322.1 km =200.1 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Sonkajärvi
North Pole	2928	1819.4	to North
Arctic Circle	322.1	200.1	to North
Tropic Cancer	4473.2	2779.5	to South
Equator	7079.1	4398.7	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Sonkajärvi: (largest is in red/bold)

• Iisalmi 20.1 km =12.5 mi, 233°
• Kajaani 63.2 km =39.3 mi, 9°
• Kiuruvesi 44.4 km =27.6 mi, 267°
• Lapinlahti 33.9 km =21.1 mi, 189°
• Maaninka 57.9 km =36 mi, 190°
• Nilsiä 58.3 km =36.2 mi, 151°
• Pielavesi 61.4 km =38.2 mi, 218°
• Rautavaara 43.8 km =27.2 mi, 117°
• Siilinjärvi 65.3 km =40.6 mi, 173°
• Sotkamo 68 km =42.3 mi, 40°
• Valtimo 63.3 km =39.3 mi, 90°
• Varpaisjärvi 36.2 km =22.5 mi, 160°
• Vieremä 26.3 km =16.3 mi, 290°
• Vuokatti 65 km =40.4 mi, 35°
• Vuolijoki 63 km =39.1 mi, 336°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Сонкаярви