Pyhä-Luosto National Park (''Pyhä-Luoston kansallispuisto'') is a
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
in
Lapland
Lapland may refer to:
Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was established in 2005 when Finland's oldest national park, Pyhätunturi National Park (established in 1938), was joined to
Luosto. This makes Pyhä-Luosto both one of Finland's oldest and newest national parks. The park covers .
[ Its most important features are its geological specialities, old forests and wetlands.
The park's base is formed by Finland's southernmost, 12-peak '']tunturi
Tunturi is a Finnish manufacturer of bicycles and fitness equipment.
History
Tunturi's history began in 1922. The foundations of the Tunturi brand began when brothers Aarne and Eero Harkke set up a small bike shop, ''Pyöräkellari Oy'', in T ...
'' line. The ''tunturit'' are remnants of 2-billion-year-old Alp-like mountains. Pine tree forests that are 200 years old or older grow on the hills. The highest ''tunturit'' are Noitatunturi, , and Ukko-Luosto, .
In 2015, the visitor count was 115,100 people, which was a decrease from the 2009 count of 128,000.[
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See also
* List of national parks of Finland
There are 41 national parks in Finland. They are all managed by the Metsähallitus. The national parks cover a total area of – 2.7% of Finland's total land area.
A total of 3.2 million people visited the parks in 2018. During the Covid-19 pan ...
* Protected areas of Finland
References
External links
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Outdoors.fi – Pyhä-Luosto National Park
National parks of Finland
Protected areas of the Arctic
Protected areas established in 2005
Geography of Lapland (Finland)
Tourist attractions in Lapland (Finland)
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