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Mountain Region Elevation 1. Halti: Lapland/Troms (Norway) 1324 m 2. Ridnitšohkka: Lapland: 1317 m 3. ... List of mountains in Finland. 5 languages ...
Finland's total area is 337,030 km 2 (130,128 sq mi). Of this area 10% is water, 69% forest, 8% cultivated land and 13% other. Finland is the eighth largest country in Europe after Russia, France, Ukraine, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Germany. As a whole, the shape of Finland's boundaries resembles a figure of a one-armed human.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO ...
The Scandinavian mountains includes the largest glaciers on the European mainland (Jostedalsbreen, Svartisen), Northern Europe's highest mountains (Jotunheimen) and largest mountain plateau. The mountain chain itself creates a rain shadow, and the eastern part of the mountain chain receive less precipitation than the western part. The ecoregion ...
Relative to southern Finland Lapland stands out for its thick till cover. [22] [B] The hills and mountains are typically made up of resistant rocks like granite, gneiss, quartzite and amphibolite. [19] The ice sheet that covered Finland intermittently during the Quaternary grew out from the Scandinavian Mountains. [24]
The mountains of Finland. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. O. One-thousanders of Finland (4 P) Pages in category "Mountains of Finland ...
The mountains are relatively high for a range so young and are very steep in places; Galdhøpiggen in South Norway is the highest peak in mainland Northern Europe, at 2,469 metres (8,100 ft); Kebnekaise is the highest peak on the Swedish side, at 2,104 m (6,903 ft), whereas the slope of Halti is the highest point in Finland, at 1,324 m (4,344 ...
Within its 2.02 km 2 territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km 2. In Australia 's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 ...