Fennoscandia

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Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula.

Fennoscandia and Fenno-Scandinavia are geographic and geological terms used to describe the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and Finland. Geologically, the term also alludes to the underlying Fennoscandian Shield of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Northern Denmark, which is the exposed portion of the Baltic Shield that makes up the bulk of Europe. The Fennoscandian Shield in Scandinavia is over 3.1 billion years old.

In a cultural sense, Fennoscandia signifies the historically close contact between Sami, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian peoples and cultures. Unlike the term "the Nordic countries", Fennoscandia does not include Denmark, Iceland, Greenland or other geographically disconnected overseas areas.

The White Sea-Baltic Canal separates Fennoscandia from the Russian landmass.