Tarvantovaara Wilderness Area
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Tarvantovaara Wilderness Area is a wilderness reserve in Enontekiö
municipality, Lapland, Finland
. It is governed by Metsähallitus
and covers 670 square kilometre. It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness areas in Lapland.
Enontekiö
Enontekiö 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 sparsely populated area of about between the Swedish and Norwegian border...
municipality, Lapland, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It is governed by Metsähallitus
Metsähallitus
Metsähallitus , Forststyrelsen , "Administration of Forests," is a state-owned enterprise in Finland. The tasks of Metsähallitus are to manage most of the protected areas of Finland and to supply wood to the country's forest industry. Metsähallitus employs approximately 3,000 people...
and covers 670 square kilometre. It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness areas in Lapland.