Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area

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Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Map of Finland
Location	Lapland Province, Finland
Coordinates	68°37′00″N 24°06′00″E / 68.616667, 24.1
Area	1,280 km² (494 mi²)
Established	1991
Governing body	Metsähallitus

Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area (Pöyrisjärven erämaa-alue) is a wilderness reserve in Enontekiö municipality, Lapland Province, Finland. It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness reserves in Lapland Province and covers 1,280 km² (494 mi²).

[edit] See also

• Wilderness reserves of Finland

[edit] References

• Pöyrisjärvi Wilderness Area. Outdoors.fi. Metsähallitus. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
• FI parks. Nature World Wide. World Institute for Conservation and Environment. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.