National landscapes of Finland

National landscapes of Finland were selected by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment in 1992 as a part of the 75th anniversary of the Independence of Finland. The 27 selected landscapes represent the special environmental and cultural features of Finland. They have great symbolic value and significance in cultural or historical terms.^[1]

National landscapes

Landscape	Municipalities	Historical province	Modern province	Coordinates
Helsinki seascape	Helsinki	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	60°09′58″N 24°57′21″E / 60.16605°N 24.955788°E / 60.16605; 24.955788
Tapiola	Espoo	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	60°10′35″N 24°48′31″E / 60.176449°N 24.808494°E / 60.176449; 24.808494
Snappertuna River, Raseborg Castle and Fagervik Ironworks	Raseborg, Ingå	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	59°59′50″N 23°39′05″E / 59.997175°N 23.651446°E / 59.997175; 23.651446
Ironworks of Fiskars, Billnäs, Antskog and Åminnefors	Raseborg	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	60°07′47″N 23°32′32″E / 60.129627°N 23.542236°E / 60.129627; 23.542236
Porvoonjoki Valley and Old Porvoo	Porvoo	Uusimaa	Uusimaa	60°23′46″N 25°39′21″E / 60.39616°N 25.655737°E / 60.39616; 25.655737
Aura River Valley	Oripää, Pöytyä, Aura, Lieto, Turku	Finland Proper	Southwest Finland	60°27′55″N 22°17′31″E / 60.46539°N 22.291818°E / 60.46539; 22.291818
Archipelago Sea		Finland Proper, Åland	Southwest Finland, Åland	59°49′31″N 21°49′32″E / 59.825213°N 21.825578°E / 59.825213; 21.825578
Sund	Sund	Åland	Åland	60°13′57″N 20°04′52″E / 60.23255°N 20.081044°E / 60.23255; 20.081044
Lake Köyliö	Köyliö	Satakunta	Satakunta	61°07′15″N 22°21′01″E / 61.120962°N 22.35014°E / 61.120962; 22.35014
Rautavesi Lake	Sastamala	Satakunta	Pirkanmaa	61°21′04″N 22°56′28″E / 61.351003°N 22.941084°E / 61.351003; 22.941084
Hämeenkyrö	Hämeenkyrö	Satakunta	Pirkanmaa	61°37′31″N 23°11′33″E / 61.625267°N 23.192482°E / 61.625267; 23.192482
Tammerkoski	Tampere	Satakunta, Tavastia	Pirkanmaa	61°29′53″N 23°45′50″E / 61.498056°N 23.763889°E / 61.498056; 23.763889
Vanajavesi Valley	Hämeenlinna, Valkeakoski, Akaa, Lempäälä, Hattula, Janakkala	Tavastia	Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa	61°09′38″N 24°15′03″E / 61.160615°N 24.250764°E / 61.160615; 24.250764
Olavinlinna Castle and Pihlajavesi Lake	Savonlinna, Sulkava, Puumala	Savonia	Etelä-Savo	61°51′50″N 28°54′04″E / 61.863939°N 28.901069°E / 61.863939; 28.901069
Punkaharju Ridge	Punkaharju	Savonia	Etelä-Savo	61°46′12″N 29°21′31″E / 61.769916°N 29.358559°E / 61.769916; 29.358559
Heinävesi Route		Savonia	Etelä-Savo	62°30′52″N 28°38′30″E / 62.514343°N 28.641787°E / 62.514343; 28.641787
Väisälänmäki Village	Lapinlahti	Savonia	Pohjois-Savo	63°20′32″N 27°14′05″E / 63.342339°N 27.23467°E / 63.342339; 27.23467
Imatrankoski	Imatra	Karelia	South Karelia	61°10′10″N 28°46′26″E / 61.169409°N 28.773837°E / 61.169409; 28.773837
Koli	Lieksa	Karelia	North Karelia	63°05′36″N 29°48′40″E / 63.093457°N 29.81123°E / 63.093457; 29.81123
Villages of North Karelian hillside		Karelia	North Karelia	62°22′35″N 30°45′34″E / 62.376268°N 30.759538°E / 62.376268; 30.759538
Kyrönjoki Valley and agricultural area of Southern Ostrobothnia		Ostrobothnia	Southern Ostrobothnia	62°48′07″N 22°49′08″E / 62.801968°N 22.818947°E / 62.801968; 22.818947
Kvarken	Korsnäs, Malax, Korsholm, Vaasa, Vörå	Ostrobothnia	Ostrobothnia	63°24′35″N 20°56′56″E / 63.409615°N 20.948981°E / 63.409615; 20.948981
Hailuoto Island	Hailuoto	Ostrobothnia	Northern Ostrobothnia	65°02′00″N 24°42′00″E / 65.033333°N 24.7°E / 65.033333; 24.7
Oulankajoki River	Salla, Kuusamo	Ostrobothnia	Lapland	66°17′50″N 29°35′59″E / 66.297227°N 29.599733°E / 66.297227; 29.599733
Aavasaksa and Torne Valley	Tornio, Ylitornio, Pello, Kolari, Muonio, Enontekiö	Ostrobothnia, Laponia	Lapland	66°24′00″N 23°44′00″E / 66.4°N 23.733333°E / 66.4; 23.733333
Pallastunturi	Muonio, Enontekiö	Laponia	Lapland	68°04′21″N 24°03′36″E / 68.072439°N 24.060059°E / 68.072439; 24.060059
Utsjoki Valley	Utsjoki	Laponia	Lapland	69°54′12″N 27°01′21″E / 69.903332°N 27.022591°E / 69.903332; 27.022591

References

^ National landscapes Finland's Environmental Administration. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

External links

Meaningful National Landscape Outdoors.fi

[1] National landscapes Finland's Environmental Administration. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

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