Paanajärvi National Park
Lake and forests in Paanajärvi National Park
LocationRepublic of Karelia, Russia
Area1,043.71 km2 (402.98 sq mi)
Established1992
Website
http://parks.karelia.ru/paanajarvi/
http://oopt.info/paana/index.html

Paanajärvi National Park is a Russian national park in the Loukhsky District of northwestern Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia.

The park was established in 1992. It has received a PAN Parks certificate.

Geography

Paanajärvi National Park is located in the Maanselka hills of Karelia Region, along the Finnish–Russian border, northern Europe.

It protects 1,043.71 square kilometres (402.98 sq mi) of pristine Scandinavian and Russian Taiga ecoregion forest habitats, lakes, and rivers. Nuorunen, the highest point of Karelia, is located in the park area.[1]

Oulanka National Park

Oulanka National Park is adjacent on the west along the border, within Finland, with contiguous protection of this Karelian Taiga habitat.

See also

References

66°17′03″N 30°08′23″E / 66.2842°N 30.1397°E / 66.2842; 30.1397


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