- Hammastunturi Wilderness Area
Geobox|Protected Area
name = Hammastunturi Wilderness Area
native_name = Hammastunturin erämaa-alue
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category_local = Wilderness area of Finland
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website =The Hammastunturi Wilderness Area ("Hammastunturin erämaa-alue") is a wilderness reserve in Lapland,
Finland . It was established in1991 like all the other 11 wilderness areas in Lapland. Its area is 1,825 km². The area is situated in atunturi and forest area between theUrho Kekkonen National Park andLemmenjoki National Park . It is governed by theMetsähallitus .The history of the area comprises
reindeer management, the great gold rush of Lapland, and later road building and settlements. During the gold rush, around1870 , "Kultala" along theIvalo River was a large village center inhabiting hundreds of people. There were as many gold diggers as the other people of Inari put together.ee also
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Wilderness reserves of Finland References
*cite web| url= http://www.luontoon.fi/page.asp?Section=5563 | title=Hammastunturi Wilderness Area | work=Outdoors.fi |publisher=Metsähallitus|accessdate=2006-06-06
*cite web| url= http://www.birdlist.org/eur/finland/fi_parks.htm |title=FI parks |work=Nature World Wide |publisher=World Institute for Conservation and Environment|accessdate=2006-06-06
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