Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area

Coordinates: 69°6′N 26°24′E / 69.1°N 26.4°E / 69.1; 26.4

Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area (Muotkatunturin erämaa)
Protected Area
Peltojärvi lake in the Muotkatunturis
Country	Finland
Region	Lapland
Coordinates	69°6′N 26°24′E / 69.1°N 26.4°E / 69.1; 26.4
Highest point	Kuárvikozzâ
- elevation	590 m (1,936 ft)
Area	1,570 km2 (606 sq mi)
Established	1991
Management	Metsähallitus
IUCN category	VI - Managed Resource Protected Area

The Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area (Muotkatunturin erämaa-alue) is a wilderness reserve in Lapland, Finland, established in 1991. Its area is 1,570 square kilometres (610 sq mi). Muotkatunturi is a reindeer management area, and forestry is also practiced there. The area is maintained by the Metsähallitus.

There are no marked paths for travelers, and the area only has four wilderness huts. Therefore it is virtually completely natural and primitive. In the north-western corner there are vast swamps, in the north and west fell ridges and river valleys splitting them, and in the south-west there's pine forest. The Peltojärvi lake is in the middle of the wilderness. The highest tunturi peak is Kuárvikozzâ, 590 metres (1,940 ft).

In the south, the area is bordered by the Inari-Angeli road, in the west by Angeli-Karigasniemi road, in the north by Kaamanen-Karigasniemi road an in the east by Valtatie 4.

See also

• Wilderness areas of Finland

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article in the Finnish Wikipedia.
• "FI parks". Nature World Wide. World Institute for Conservation and Environment. http://www.birdlist.org/eur/finland/fi_parks.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-06. ^{[dead link]}

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