Saariselkä
Sign in to saveSaariselkä (; ; ) is a fell area in Lapland, northern Finland. It is located in the Inari, Savukoski and Sodankylä municipalities. The highest point is high Mt Sokosti. The range is mostly two-billion-year-old granulite. The last ice age ended 9500 years ago in Saariselkä.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Saariselkä
- Mountain.photo
- Kaunispää.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Kaunispää ski resort
- Mountain.highest
- Mount Sokosti
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 718
- Mountain.parent
- Maanselkä
- Mountain.location
- Lapland (Finland)
- Mountain.map
- Finland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location
- Mountain.label_position
- none
- Mountain.easiest_route
- From Saariselkä village
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Saariselkä (; ; ) is a fell area in Lapland, northern Finland. It is located in the Inari, Savukoski and Sodankylä municipalities. The highest point is high Mt Sokosti. The range is mostly two-billion-year-old granulite. The last ice age ended 9500 years ago in Saariselkä.
==Tourism== Saariselkä is partly in Urho Kekkonen National Park. The hill area is a popular tourist destination, providing activities such as skiing, hiking and spa. Saariselkä village is located in the area and belongs to the Inari municipality, about above sea level. Kaunispää-fell, rising next to the village, is high.