Pulju Wilderness Area
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Pulju Wilderness Area ( fi, Puljun erämaa) is a wilderness reserve in the municipalities of
Enontekiö Enontekiö (; sme, Eanodat ; sv, Enontekis; smn, Iänudâh; sms, Jeänõk) is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very spars ...
and
Kittilä Kittilä ( se, Gihttel, smn, Kittâl, sms, Kihttel) is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort. It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of () and ...
in
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,
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. It is governed by
Metsähallitus Metsähallitus (Finnish) (Forststyrelsen in Swedish, Meahciráđđehus in Sami, ''"the (Finnish) Forest Administration"'') is a state-owned enterprise in Finland. Its two main tasks are Parks & Wildlife Finland to manage most of the protected are ...
and covers . It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness areas in Lapland. The Pulju area is especially known for its peculiar landscape forms from (probably) the latest ice age: worm-like winding Pulju moraines. They are situated about north from the Pulju village.


See also

* Pulju moraine *
Wilderness areas of Finland The wilderness areas ( fi, Erämaa-alueet, sv, Ödemarksområden) of Finland are remote areas which are not strictly nature reserves. The areas were set up in 1991 to preserve their wilderness character, the Sami culture and their natural form o ...


References

Protected areas established in 1991 1991 establishments in Finland Wilderness areas of Finland {{Europe-protected-area-stub