Säppi

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{{Infobox islands

| name = Säppi
Sebbskär

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| image_name = Säpin satama.JPG

| image_caption = Säppi Harbor

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| area_km2 = 1.5

| length_km = 1.3

| width_km = 1.1

| elevation_m = 8.0

| location =

| coordinates = {{coord|61|28.6|N|021|21.1|E|region:FI_type:isle|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago =

| country = Finland

| country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality

| country_admin_divisions = Eurajoki

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| population = uninhabited

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Säppi ({{langx|sv|Sebbskär}}) is an island on the coast of Bothnian Sea in the municipality of Eurajoki in Finland. The island is located some {{convert|20|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} west of the city of Pori and {{convert|6.5|km|mi|1|abbr=off}} off the mainland.

Island of Säppi is best known of the 1873 built Säppi Lighthouse and its community which are inventoried by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities as one of Cultural heritage sites of national importance in Finland.[http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=4992 Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt] Finnish National Board of Antiquities (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 August 2014. Säppi has been a part of the Bothnian Sea National Park since 2011.[http://www.selkameri.fi/locations/show/114 Säppi Lighthouse Island (Säppi, Luvia)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812223504/http://www.selkameri.fi/locations/show/114 |date=12 August 2014 }} Bothnian Sea National Park Official Homepage. Retrieved 11 August 2014. Today the island is visited some 4,000 tourists annually.{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/sapin_majakkasaari_hurmaa_eurooppalaisen_cityaidin/7335335 |title=Säpin majakkasaari hurmaa eurooppalaisen cityäidin |publisher=Yle Uutiset |date=3 July 2014 |language=fi |accessdate=11 August 2014}}

Säppi is one of the seven Finnish islands with a wild mouflon population. They were introduced in 1949 by a group of local hunters. The Säppi sheep have given the name for a beer brand "Mufloni", bottled by a local brewery Beer Hunter's.{{cite web |url=http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=204462 |title=Big fuss about small beers in Finland |publisher=This is Finland |date=October 2010 |language= |accessdate=11 August 2014}} From early spring to October the island hosts a herd of highland cattle used by Finnish forest administration for conservation grazing.[http://www.radiouusjussi.com/?p=1245 Säppi] Radio UusJussi. Retrieved 11 August 2014. Säppi is also popular among birdwatchers.

Images

Laituri Säpin satamaan.jpg|Sunset at Säppi Harbor

Säpin majakka.JPG|Säppi Lighthouse

Ylämaankarja Säppi.JPG|A herd of highland cattle

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