Kevatoinen
lake or pond in Konnevesi, Finland
Kevatoinen is a lake in the Konnevesi municipality of central Finland. It is part of the main basin of the Kymi river and is located 64 km north of Jyväskylä and about 300 km north of Helsinki.
The lake has an area of 77 hectares, a coastline length of 9.4 kilometers, an average depth of 14 meters, and an elevation of 101 meters above sea level.
“Kevatoinen” enters the record as lake or pond in Konnevesi, Finland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kevatoinen, lake and pond can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Kevatoinen” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kevatoinen, lake and pond provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q31892178. Authority coordinates are 62.792, 26.174. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Kevatoinen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.