Fennoscandia
 Fennoscandia in March 2002 | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Europe |
| Coordinates | 63°00′00″N 17°00′00″E / 63.0000°N 17.0000°E |
| Adjacent to | Arctic Sea, Atlantic Ocean |
| Highest elevation | 2,469 m (8100 ft) |
| Highest point | Galdhøpiggen |
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| Mainland | |
| Mainland | |
| Mainland | |
| Whole or part of the mainland area of Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia, and Leningrad Oblast | |
Fennoscandia (Template:Lang-fi; Template:Lang-sv; Template:Lang-no; Template:Lang-ru) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula comprising the Scandinavian and Kola Peninsulas, mainland Finland, and Karelia.[1] Administratively this roughly encompasses the mainlands of Finland, Norway and Sweden,[2] as well as Murmansk Oblast, much of the Republic of Karelia, and parts of northern Leningrad Oblast in Russia.
Its name comes from the Latin words Fennia (Finland) and Scandia (Scandinavian).[3] The term was first used by the Finnish geologist Wilhelm Ramsay in 1898.[4]
Geologically, the area is distinct because its bedrock is Archean granite and gneiss with very little limestone, in contrast to adjacent areas in Europe.
The similar term Fenno-Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Fennoscandia. Both terms are sometimes used in English to refer to a cultural or political grouping of Finland with Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (Scandinavia), which is a subset of the Nordic countries.[5][6]
See also
- Baltoscandia – Geopolitical concept
- Cap of the North – Region in Northern Europe
- Nordic countries – Geographical and cultural region
- Scandinavia – Subregion of Northern Europe
- Sápmi – Cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people
References
- ^ The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers, eds. Vicki Cummings; Peter Jordan; Marek Zvelebil (Oxfored; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 838
- ^ Sten Lavsund; Tuire Nygren; Erling Solberg (2003). "Status of moose populations and challenges to moose management in Fennoscandia". Alces. 2003. HighBeam Research.
- ^ "Fennoscandia [fen′ō skan′dē ə]". Your Dictionary. LoveToKnow, Corp. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ De Geer, Sten (1928). "Das geologische Fennoskandia und das geographische Baltoskandia" (PDF). Geografiska Annaler (in German). 10. Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography: 119–139. OCLC 604361828. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Bulletin - Canadian Library Association, Volume 20. Canadian Library Association., 1963. p. 179.
- ^ "Fennoscandia, n.", Oxford English Dictionary Online, 2nd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2019). Accessed 10 February 2020.
Further reading
- Ramsay, W., 1898. Über die Geologische Entwicklung der Halbinsel Kola in der Quartärzeit. Fennia 16 (1), 151 p.
External links
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