National landscapes of Finland explained
National landscapes of Finland were selected by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment in 1992 as a part of the 75th anniversary of the Independence of Finland. The 27 selected landscapes represent the special environmental and cultural features of Finland. They have great symbolic value and significance in cultural or historical terms.[1]
National landscapes
| Landscape | Municipalities | Historical
province | Modern
province | Image | Coordinates |
|---|
| Helsinki seascape | Helsinki | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | | 60.1661°N 24.9558°W |
| Tapiola | Espoo | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | | 60.1764°N 24.8085°W |
| Snappertuna River, Raseborg Castle and Fagervik Ironworks | Raseborg, Ingå | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | | 59.9972°N 23.6514°W |
| Ironworks of Fiskars, Billnäs, Antskog and Åminnefors | Raseborg | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | | 60.1296°N 23.5422°W |
| Porvoonjoki Valley and Old Porvoo | Porvoo | Uusimaa | Uusimaa | | 60.3962°N 25.6557°W |
| Aura River Valley | Oripää, Pöytyä, Aura, Lieto, Turku | Finland Proper | Southwest Finland | | 60.4654°N 22.2918°W |
| Archipelago Sea | | Finland Proper, Åland | Southwest Finland, Åland | | 59.8252°N 21.8256°W |
| Sund | Sund | Åland | Åland | | 60.2326°N 20.081°W |
| Lake Köyliö | Köyliö | Satakunta | Satakunta | | 61.121°N 22.3501°W |
| Rautavesi Lake | Sastamala | Satakunta | Pirkanmaa | | 61.351°N 22.9411°W |
| Hämeenkyrö | Hämeenkyrö | Satakunta | Pirkanmaa | | 61.6253°N 23.1925°W |
| Tammerkoski | Tampere | Satakunta, Tavastia | Pirkanmaa | | 61.4981°N 23.7639°W |
| Vanajavesi Valley | Hämeenlinna, Valkeakoski, Akaa, Lempäälä, Hattula, Janakkala | Tavastia | Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa | | 61.1606°N 24.2508°W |
| Olavinlinna Castle and Pihlajavesi Lake | Savonlinna, Sulkava, Puumala | Savonia | Etelä-Savo | | 61.8639°N 28.9011°W |
| Punkaharju Ridge | Punkaharju | Savonia | Etelä-Savo | | 61.7699°N 29.3586°W |
| Heinävesi Route | | Savonia | Etelä-Savo | | 62.5143°N 28.6418°W |
| Väisälänmäki Village | Lapinlahti | Savonia | Pohjois-Savo | | 63.3423°N 27.2347°W |
| Imatrankoski | Imatra | Karelia | South Karelia | | 61.1694°N 28.7738°W |
| Koli | Lieksa | Karelia | North Karelia | | 63.0935°N 29.8112°W |
| Villages of North Karelian hillside | | Karelia | North Karelia | | 62.3763°N 30.7595°W |
| Kyrönjoki Valley and agricultural area of Southern Ostrobothnia | | Ostrobothnia | Southern Ostrobothnia | | 62.802°N 22.8189°W |
| Kvarken | Korsnäs, Malax, Korsholm, Vaasa, Vörå | Ostrobothnia | Ostrobothnia | | 63.4096°N 20.949°W |
| Hailuoto Island | Hailuoto | Ostrobothnia | Northern Ostrobothnia | | 65.0333°N 24.7°W |
| Oulankajoki River | Salla, Kuusamo | Ostrobothnia | Lapland | | 66.2972°N 29.5997°W |
| Aavasaksa and Torne Valley | Tornio, Ylitornio, Pello, Kolari, Muonio, Enontekiö | Ostrobothnia, Laponia | Lapland | | 66.4°N 23.7333°W |
| Pallastunturi | Muonio, Enontekiö | Laponia | Lapland | | 68.0724°N 24.0601°W |
| Utsjoki Valley | Utsjoki | Laponia | Lapland | | 69.9033°N 27.0226°W | |
References
- http://www.ymparisto.fi/en-us/Nature/Landscapes/National_landscapes National landscapes
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