Hernesaari

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Hernesaari ([ˈhernesˌsɑːri], Ärtholmen) is a subarea of the Länsisatama district in the southernmost part of Helsinki. It consists of the peninsula west of Eira and the former islands of Munkkisaari and Hernesaari, which have been connected to it by land reclamation. Administratively, Hernesaari belongs to the Ullanlinna basic district, which in turn is part of the broader Southern major district of Helsinki. The subarea was named Munkkisaari until the beginning of 2013, when the City Board decided to rename it Hernesaari. East of Hernesaari are Eira and Punavuori. The boundary with them is Telakkakatu, whose median carried the Helsinki harbor railway until 2008. To the west, on the far side of Hietalahti, lies Jätkäsaari, which, like Hernesaari, is part of the Länsisatama district. At the base of the peninsula is a small apartment-block area named Eiranranta, based on a detailed plan approved in 2004, with a street of the same name running past it. Off Hernesaari lie the Pihlajasaari islands, popular in summer, which belong to the Länsisaaret subarea. Hernesaari contains the southernmost point on Helsinki’s mainland. It is also the southernmost point of Helsinki’s inner city, although the southern tip of Lauttasaari extends even farther south.

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