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During the last deglaciation ice in Lapland retreated from the north-east, east and southeast so that the lower course of the Tornio was the last part of Finland to be deglaciated 10,100 years ago. [26] Present-day periglacial conditions in Lapland are reflected in the existence of numerous palsas, permafrost landforms developed on peat. [19]
North of Punuk: 41°02′N Iran: North of Qush, West Azerbaijan region: 39°47′N South Korea: North of Daegang-ri, Goseong, Gangwon Province: 38°36′N Afghanistan: South of Qal'Aikhum: 38°22′N Tunisia: Galite Islands Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa) 37°31′N 37°21′N Iraq: North of Sanat: 37°23′N Syria ...
Finland 1964 Kiruna Atmospheric and Geophysical Observatory [20] [21] Kiruna ... North Pole-19 A.N.Chilingarov: November 7, 1969 April 16, 1973
This is a list of the extreme points of Finland, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location, as well as points of highest and lowest elevation. Northernmost Point — Nuorgam , Utsjoki , Lapland at 70°05′32″N 27°57′20″E / 70.09222°N 27.95556°E / 70.09222; 27.95556 - also the ...
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
The line is a trendy photo spot for visitors. The Arctic Circle is actually 700 meters to the north, just south of the Rovaniemi airport.) Santa's House of Snowmobiles: A museum about the history and evolution of snowmobiles in the Arctic areas.
On April 15 the following year, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR declared the territory between two lines (32°04′35″E to 168°49′30″W [12]) drawn from west of Murmansk to the North Pole and from the eastern Chukchi Peninsula to the North Pole to be Soviet territory. Norway (5°E to 35°E) made similar sector claims, as ...
The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός (arktikos), "near the Bear, northern" [4] and from the word ἄρκτος (arktos), meaning bear. [5] The name refers either to the constellation known as Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear", which contains the celestial ...