Petsamo, Finland

E24686
historical region

Petsamo, Finland was a remote Arctic region on the Barents Sea that once provided Finland with its only ice-free ocean port before being ceded to the Soviet Union after World War II.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Petsamo 4
Petsamo port 1
Petsamo region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
accessTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
bordered Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
cededTo Soviet Union ⓘ
cessionAfter World War II ⓘ
cessionFormalizedBy Treaty of Paris 1947 ⓘ
surface form: Paris Peace Treaties 1947
climate subarctic ⓘ
contestedIn Continuation War ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
currentCountry Russia ⓘ
currentFederalSubject Murmansk Oblast ⓘ
currentNameOfArea Pechenga ⓘ
economicActivityHistorical fishing ⓘ
nickel mining ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
ethnicGroupsHistorical Finns ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
Sámi ⓘ
formerMunicipalityOf Finland ⓘ
formerName Petsamo, Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Petsamo
gainedByFinlandThrough Treaty of Tartu ⓘ
gainedByFinlandYear 1920 ⓘ
hadIceFreePort Petsamo, Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Petsamo port
hadMainPort Liinahamari ⓘ
hadMainSettlement Liinahamari ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Barents Sea ⓘ
knownFor nickel deposits ⓘ
languageHistorical Finnish ⓘ
Sami languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sámi

Russian ⓘ
latitude north of Arctic Circle ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic region ⓘ
locatedOn Barents Sea ⓘ
lostByFinlandAfter Continuation War ⓘ
lostByFinlandYear 1944 ⓘ
partOf Lapland ⓘ
religionHistorical Lutheranism ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodoxy
strategicImportance access to Atlantic via Barents Sea ⓘ
ice-free Arctic port ⓘ
timePeriodAsPartOfFinland 1920–1944 ⓘ
transportConnection access to Arctic sea routes ⓘ
road to Rovaniemi ⓘ
usedBy Allied convoys (as a route consideration in WWII) ⓘ
Finnish merchant fleet ⓘ
wasOnlyIceFreeOceanPortOf Finland ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maila Nurmi → placeOfBirth → Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
Lapland War → primaryFront → Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo region
Petsamo, Finland → hadIceFreePort → Petsamo, Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo port
Petsamo, Finland → formerName → Petsamo, Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo
Finnish offensive of 1941 → location → Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo sector
Pechenga → historicalName → Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo
Eastern Sámi languages → historicalRegion → Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo
Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive → location → Petsamo, Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo