The Muotkatunturi Wilderness Area (''Muotkatunturin erämaa-alue'') is a
wilderness reserve
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in the municipalities
Inari and
Utsjoki
Utsjoki (; ; ; ; ) is a municipality in Finland, the northernmost in the country. It is in Lapland and borders Norway as well as the municipality of Inari. The municipality was founded in 1876. It has a population of
() and covers an area of ...
in
Lapland,
Finland
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, established in 1991. Its area is . Muotkatunturi is a
reindeer
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management area, and forestry is also practiced there. The area is maintained by the
Metsähallitus
Metsähallitus (, , ''"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 areas of Finland and Forestry to supply wood to the country's ...
.
Muotkatuntiri wilderness area at Outdoors.fi
(Metsähallitus
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)
No public roads lead into the area, there are no marked paths for travelers, and the area only has four wilderness hut
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s. Therefore it is virtually completely natural and primitive. In the north-eastern corner there are vast swamps, in the north and west fell
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ridges and river valleys splitting them, and in the south-west there's pine forest. The Peltojärvi lake is in the middle of the wilderness. The highest peak is Kuárvikozzâ, over sea level.
In the south, the area is bordered by the Inari- Angeli road, in the west by Angeli-Karigasniemi road, in the north by Kaamanen-Karigasniemi road and in the east by Valtatie 4.
See also
*Wilderness areas of Finland
The wilderness areas (, ) 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 of livelihood. There are 12 such areas, al ...
References
*''This article is based on a translation of an article in the Finnish Wikipedia
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''.
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