Haltitunturi

Haltitunturi
	The boundary stone 303B marks the highest point in Finland.
height	1324 m
location	Lapland ( Finland , Norway )
Mountains	Scandinavian mountains
Coordinates	69 ° 18 '29 " N , 21 ° 15' 56" E Coordinates: 69 ° 18 '29 " N , 21 ° 15' 56" E
Type	Fjell
particularities	highest point in Finland
	Haltitunturi

The Haltitunturi (short: Halti ; also: Haltiatunturi ; North Sami Haldi ; Swedish Haldefjäll ) is a Fjell ( tunturi ) in Norway and Finland . With a height of 1324 meters, it is the highest point in Finland.

Halti is located in the far northwest of the country in the province of Lapland , on the border with Norway . The highest peak of the Halti massif, the 1365 meter high Ráisduattarháldi is located on the Norwegian side around two kilometers north of the border. The height of the highest point in Finland has long been given as 1328 meters, but this measuring point is actually just on the Norwegian side. The highest point on the Finnish side has a height of 1324 meters. The mountain top is only 25 km (as the crow flies) from the sea ( Kåfjord in the Norwegian province of Troms og Finnmark ). The shortest ascent is on the Norwegian side.

In Norway, from 2015 to 2016 there were considerations to give Finland the 1331 m high sub-peak Haldičohkka as a gift for the 100th anniversary of the Finnish declaration of independence in 2017 . To do this, the Finnish-Norwegian state border would have to be relocated around 200 m to the northwest. In October 2016, however, these plans were rejected by Prime Minister Erna Solberg because of excessive legal hurdles.

Web links

Commons : Halti - collection of images, videos and audio files

Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen korkeus onkin 1324 metriä ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Finnish)

Battle for Birthday Mountain - short documentary (2017) by MEL Films about the plan to move the Finnish-Norwegian border.

Individual evidence

^ Adam Taylor: The Norwegian plan to gift Finland a mountain. In: washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post , December 18, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 .
↑ Anna Nuutinen: Norjassa ehdotetaan Halti-tunturin huipun lahjoittamista Suomelle. In: iltasanomat.fi. Ilta-Sanomat , December 15, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 (Finnish).
↑ Norway wants to give Finland mountain peaks. In: orf.at. Österreichischer Rundfunk , July 28, 2016, accessed on July 28, 2016 .
↑ Finland may gain mountain through Facebook campaign. In: yle.fi. Yleisradio , December 19, 2015, accessed July 28, 2015 (Finnish).
↑ But not a mountain peak for a birthday. In: tagesschau.de. Tagesschau.de , October 19, 2016, accessed on October 19, 2016 .

[1] Adam Taylor: The Norwegian plan to gift Finland a mountain. In: washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post , December 18, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 .

[2] Anna Nuutinen: Norjassa ehdotetaan Halti-tunturin huipun lahjoittamista Suomelle. In: iltasanomat.fi. Ilta-Sanomat , December 15, 2015, accessed December 23, 2015 (Finnish).

[3] Norway wants to give Finland mountain peaks. In: orf.at. Österreichischer Rundfunk , July 28, 2016, accessed on July 28, 2016 .

[4] Finland may gain mountain through Facebook campaign. In: yle.fi. Yleisradio , December 19, 2015, accessed July 28, 2015 (Finnish).

[5] But not a mountain peak for a birthday. In: tagesschau.de. Tagesschau.de , October 19, 2016, accessed on October 19, 2016 .