Petsamo region

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Arctic region historical region

The Petsamo region is a historically contested Arctic area in northern Fennoscandia, valued for its strategic access to the Barents Sea and rich natural resources, and frequently disputed between Finland and Russia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Petsamo 3
Salla region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
formerMainSettlement Pechenga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Petsamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
transport and logistics ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Finns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sámi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeopoliticalStatus strategic Arctic borderland ⓘ
hasNaturalResource copper ⓘ
fish stocks ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasPort ice-free port on the Barents Sea ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor access to the Barents Sea ⓘ
hasTerrain boreal forest ⓘ
coastal fjords ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
historicallyContestedBy Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf Russian Arctic today ⓘ
knownFor Arctic landscapes ⓘ
Northern Lights visibility ⓘ
nickel mining ⓘ
locatedIn northern Fennoscandia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Lapland NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicFor Arctic shipping routes NERFINISHED ⓘ
military operations in the High North ⓘ
naval access to the Arctic Ocean ⓘ
wasCededAfter Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasCededBy Finland to the Soviet Union ⓘ
wasCededUnder Moscow Armistice of 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasImportantDuring Continuation War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasTheOnlyFinnishAccessTo Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Finnish–Russian border conflicts → primaryTheater → Petsamo region ⓘ
Heimosodat → location → Petsamo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo
Liinahamari → locatedIn → Petsamo region ⓘ
Liinahamari → partOf → Petsamo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo
Skolt Sami language → spokenIn → Petsamo region ⓘ
northeastern Finland → contains → Petsamo region ⓘ
subject surface form: Northeastern Finland
this entity surface form: Salla region
Finnish wars of the 20th century → involvesTerritory → Petsamo region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petsamo
Soviet–Finnish border → hadSection → Petsamo region ⓘ