Tuntsa Wilderness Area

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Tuntsa Wilderness Area
IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area)
Map of Finland
Location	Lapland Province, Finland
Coordinates	67°39′00″N 29°34′00″E / 67.65, 29.566667
Area	212 km² (82 mi²)
Established	1991
Governing body	Metsähallitus

Tuntsa Wilderness Area (Tuntsan erämaa-alue) is a wilderness reserve in the municipalities of Salla and Savukoski in Lapland Province, Finland. It is governed by Metsähallitus and covers 212 km² (82 mi²). It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness areas in Lapland Province.

[edit] See also

• Wilderness reserves of Finland

[edit] References

• Tuntsa 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.