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The Laponia area also contains three major hydropower stations with belonging basins and a big expansion of 100 wind power stations inside the world heritage area is planned. The highest mountain of the area is Sarektjåhkkå , at 2,089 metres (6,854 ft).
Self-made in Inkscape. Base map from File:Map of Finland-en.svg; municipality borders from File:Suomi.kunnat.2010.svg with corrections and updates. Coat of arms is File:Lapin maakunnan vaakuna.svg. Author: Oona Räisänen : Other versions
Historical province of Laponia (the borders of modern provinces with pink colour and the modern border of Finland, same as at the signing moment of final act of CSCE 1975) Coat of arms. Laponia (Finnish: Lappi, Swedish: Lappland) is a historical Finnish Province in the north of Finland.
Version 2.0 of Google Maps Mobile was announced at the end of 2007, with a stand out My Location feature to find the user's location using the cell towers, without needing GPS. [ 198 ] [ 199 ] [ 200 ] In September 2008, Google Maps was released for and preloaded on Google's own new platform Android.
Rovaniemi (/ ˈ r oʊ v ə n i. ə m i / ROH-və-nee-ə-mee, [6] Finnish: [ˈroʋɑˌnie̯mi] ⓘ; Northern Sami: Roavvenjárga [ˈroɑ̯vveˌɲaːrːka]; Inari Sami: Ruávinjargâ; Skolt Sami: Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland.
Lapland is the home of about 3.4% of Finland's total population and is by far the least densely populated area in the country. The biggest towns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional capital), Tornio , and Kemi .
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Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park's location north of the Arctic Circle means that it experiences the typical weather and natural phenomena associated with seasonal changes. Winter includes a polar night period in December–January, snowfall, freezing temperatures that can drop to -30 °C and very little sunlight.