Fennoscandia

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geographical region geological region

Fennoscandia is a geological and geographical region in northern Europe that encompasses the Scandinavian and Kola peninsulas, Finland, and parts of northwestern Russia.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Fennoscandian region 2
Barents Region 1
Fennoscandian Peninsula 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
geological region ⓘ
borders Baltic Sea ⓘ
Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norwegian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
White Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Finland ⓘ
Karelia ⓘ
Kola Peninsula ⓘ
Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Scandinavian Mountains ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
continentPartOf Europe ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Fennoscandia ⓘ
surface form: Fennoscandian Peninsula

Fennoscandia ⓘ
surface form: Fennoscandian region
hasBiome taiga ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
hasCharacteristic boreal forests ⓘ
glaciated landscape ⓘ
numerous lakes ⓘ
thin soils ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
maritime climate ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
hasDominantGeology Precambrian bedrock ⓘ
crystalline shield ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage Latin ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
hasGeologicalBasis Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Galdhøpiggen ⓘ
hasMajorCity Helsinki ⓘ
Murmansk ⓘ
Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stockholm ⓘ
hasNaturalResource copper ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
timber ⓘ
highestPointElevation 2469 metres ⓘ
includes Finland ⓘ
Kola Peninsula ⓘ
Scandinavian Peninsula ⓘ
parts of northwestern Russia ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Europe ⓘ
namedAfter Finland ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
partlyOverlaps Baltica ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Shield

Scandinavia ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Kven people → culturalRegion → Fennoscandia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barents Region
this entity surface form: Northern Scandinavia
Fennoscandia → hasAlternativeName → Fennoscandia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fennoscandian Peninsula
Fennoscandia → hasAlternativeName → Fennoscandia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fennoscandian region
Ancylus Lake → locatedIn → Fennoscandia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fennoscandian region
Ingria → partOf → Fennoscandia ⓘ
Lapland → partOf → Fennoscandia ⓘ
northern Sweden → partOf → Fennoscandia ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sweden
Scandinavian Mountains → partOf → Fennoscandia ⓘ
Scandinavian Peninsula → partOf → Fennoscandia ⓘ
Finland → subregion → Fennoscandia ⓘ
Northern Europe → subregionIncludes → Fennoscandia ⓘ