Kummakivi

Kummakivi (lit. 'odd stone' or 'strange stone')[1] is a large balancing rock in Ruokolahti, Finland. The 7-metre-long (23 ft) boulder is a glacial erratic that lies on a convex bedrock surface with such a small footprint that it almost appears to be moving,[2] but so firmly that it cannot be rocked with human force.[3][4][5]

The boulder is located in a forest in the western part of the Ruokolahti municipality, near the border of Puumala.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kummakivi, UnusualPlaces.org.
  2. ^ julia (2021-09-22). "Kummakivi". GoSaimaa (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  3. ^ "Valtava kivilohkare tasapainoilee kallion päällä – täydellinen sattuma loi Suomen luonnon käsittämättömän ihmeen". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  4. ^ Shields, Jesslyn (24 August 2022). "Kummakivi, Finland's Balancing Rock, Seems to Defy the Laws of Physics". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Kummakivi saapui luoteesta, onko sen emäkallio mahdollista löytää?". Etelä-Saimaa (in Finnish). 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  6. ^ "Kummakivi balancing rock". Atlas Obscura.
  7. ^ julia (2021-09-22). "Kummakivi". GoSaimaa (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-04-15.
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