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[[File:Kuopio.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The frozen lake Kallavesi in wintertime.]]
 
[[File:Kuopio.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The frozen lake Kallavesi in wintertime.]]
  
This graticule is located at [[62,27]]. [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=62&long=27&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's location]
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This graticule is located at [[62,27]]. {{Today's location|lat=62|lon=27}}
  
 
It includes the city of Kuopio, which has about 100000 inhabitants, and smaller towns Varkaus and Pieksämäki. Most of the graticule is rural area, and the terrain is mostly forests and lakes, among them Kallavesi, with it's 472 km² the 10th largest lake in Finland.  
 
It includes the city of Kuopio, which has about 100000 inhabitants, and smaller towns Varkaus and Pieksämäki. Most of the graticule is rural area, and the terrain is mostly forests and lakes, among them Kallavesi, with it's 472 km² the 10th largest lake in Finland.  
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== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==
  
*[[User:Tilley|Tilley]] w/ family
 
 
*[[User:Mirca|Mirca]]
 
*[[User:Mirca|Mirca]]
  
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*6. [[2013-03-24 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]] and Tilley's daughter
 
*6. [[2013-03-24 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]] and Tilley's daughter
 
*7. [[2013-04-11 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]] and Tilley's daughter
 
*7. [[2013-04-11 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]] and Tilley's daughter
*8. [[2013-05-08 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*8. [[2013-05-08 62 27|2013-05-08]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
 
*9. [[2013-05-10 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]], Mrs. Tilley, Tilley's daughter,[[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
 
*9. [[2013-05-10 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]], Mrs. Tilley, Tilley's daughter,[[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
*10. [[2013-05-23 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*10. [[2013-05-23 62 27|2013-05-23]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
 
*11. [[2013-06-09 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]], Mrs. Tilley and Tilley's daughter,
 
*11. [[2013-06-09 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]], Mrs. Tilley and Tilley's daughter,
 
*12. [[2013-06-10 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
 
*12. [[2013-06-10 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
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*23. [[2014-11-02 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
 
*23. [[2014-11-02 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
 
*24. [[2014-11-28 62 27]] Failed attempt to reach the honorable mention couch potato geohash of [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
 
*24. [[2014-11-28 62 27]] Failed attempt to reach the honorable mention couch potato geohash of [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
*25. [[2015-09-21 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*25. [[2015-09-21 62 27|2015-09-21]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*26. [[2016-05-10 62 27|2016-05-10]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*27. [[2016-07-19 62 27]] Reached successfully by [[User:Tilley|Tilley]] and Mrs. Tilley
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*28. [[2016-08-22 62 27|2016-08-22]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*29. [[2017-04-29 62 27|2017-04-29]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*30. [[2017-06-08 62 27|2017-06-08]] Reached successfully by [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] and The Wife
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*31. [[2024-09-15 62 27|2024-09-15]] Reached successfully by [[User:Kripakko|Kripakko]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:08, 18 September 2024

Kiuruvesi Iisalmi Nilsiä
Hankasalmi Kuopio Rantasalmi
Heinola Mikkeli Lappeenranta

Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

The frozen lake Kallavesi in wintertime.

This graticule is located at 62,27. Today's location

It includes the city of Kuopio, which has about 100000 inhabitants, and smaller towns Varkaus and Pieksämäki. Most of the graticule is rural area, and the terrain is mostly forests and lakes, among them Kallavesi, with it's 472 km² the 10th largest lake in Finland.

Note that the graticule is somewhat distorted due to the proximity of North Pole.

Local Geohashers

Meetups

Notable Dates

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Tilley earned the Globalhash achievement
by reaching the globalhash for 2013-11-30.
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Tilley earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (62, 27) graticule, here, on 2012-10-04.