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Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park

National Park

Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park spans the municipalities of Enontekio, Kittila, Kolari and Muonio in western Lapland, Finland. It traces to national park protections first established in Finland in 1938 and was expanded to its current form in 2005, and at 1,020 square kilometers is the third largest national park in the country. Its landscape follows a roughly 100 kilometer fell chain rising out of boreal taiga forest, and it is the most visited national park in Finland by number of visitors. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1938 1
Area (sq km)
1020 1
Governing Body
Metsähallitus 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Metsahallitus (Finland) 1
Sources
1. Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park (Wikipedia)
  • lead section
    Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is Finland's third largest national park and it covers an area of 1,020 square kilometres.
  • Lead sentence
    is Finland's third largest national park and it covers an area of 1,020 square kilometres
  • Infobox, area_km2 (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Metsähallitus
  • Infobox: established
    1938 (expanded in 2005)
  • Introduction
    Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park spans the municipalities of Enontekio, Kittila, Kolari and Muonio in western Lapland, Finland.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Metsähallitus
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Metsähallitus
  • Part Of: Finland, Lead paragraph
    National Park is Finland'
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Finland; continent follows from the atlas record for Finland
    Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is Finland
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