Fennoscandia

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Fennoscandia
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Fennoscandia in March 2002
Fennoscandia (orthographic projection).svg
Geography
LocationNorthern Europe
Coordinates63°00′00″N 17°00′00″E / 63.0000°N 17.0000°E / 63.0000; 17.0000Coordinates: 63°00′00″N 17°00′00″E / 63.0000°N 17.0000°E / 63.0000; 17.0000
Adjacent bodies of waterArctic Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Highest elevation2,469 m (8100 ft)
Highest pointGaldhøpiggen
Administration
Mainland
Sweden
Mainland
Finland
Mainland
Russia
Whole or part of the mainland area of Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia, and Leningrad Oblast

Fennoscandia (Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian: Fennoskandia; Russian: Фенноскандия, romanized: Fennoskandiya) 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 of a Baltic–Scandinavian union
  • Cap of the North
  • Nordic countries – Geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic
  • Scandinavia – Subregion of Northern Europe
  • Sápmi – Cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Sten Lavsund; Tuire Nygren; Erling Solberg (2003). "Status of moose populations and challenges to moose management in Fennoscandia". Alces. 2003. HighBeam Research.
  3. ^ "Fennoscandia [fen′ō skan′dē ə]". Your Dictionary. LoveToKnow, Corp. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ^ De Geer, Sten (1928). "Das geologische Fennoskandia und das geographische Baltoskandia" (PDF). Geografiska Annaler (in German). Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. 10: 119–139. OCLC 604361828. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ^ Bulletin - Canadian Library Association, Volume 20. Canadian Library Association., 1963. p. 179.
  6. ^ "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.

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