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[edit] Location

Hangonkylä, Hanko. Topo map. On the street Kappelisatamantie (Chapel Harbour's Road). Hashpoint is about 3 kilometers from the southernmost tip of continental Finland.

[edit] Participants

Jusu

[edit] Plans

Drive there after swimming and having lunch. Distance from home is about 42 km, maybe 70 km by road. Probably won't make it before 3:00 PM. Then visit some geocaches.

[edit] Expedition

Phone's navigator showed 65 km distance from home. I passed the hashpoint just before 4:00 PM. Then drove back and forth few times before deciding to park 120 m west by houses.

The point was on a street in residential area of detached houses. Hashpoint was well visible only from one house. There were trees and bushes on both sides of the street. A path led from the hashpoint to a rock on the north side of the street. There I found a triangulation point's benchmark bolt on 14.3 m altitude. You can see that in the topo map. Height of the hashpoint was 4-5 m above sea level. This time I also left a marker.

Temperature was about +10°C. Sun was shining brightly. Gale wind from the north made the weather quite chilly.

Check Hanko in Wikipedia. It's a nice little town with sandy beaches, old wooden villas and interesting wartime history. There's more life in the summertime than now.

[edit] Photos

100 m to hash
The hashpoint
View towards Purjeentekijänkatu (Sailmaker's Street)
View towards Köydenpunojankatu (Ropemaker's Street). Do you think it is annoying when I translate all names? :)
Marker set
Marker
Marker documented properly. Six Penguin chocolate cones. Ice cream, you know.
Coordinates, time and date. Again difficult to get a decent photo from the screen.
A rock next to the hash
Totally unrelated photo. View near a geocache which I visited after the hash.