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Pallas, Finland

Pallastunturi is a group of seven fells in the municipalities of Muonio and Enontekiö in Lapland, Finland. The highest peak is 809-metre (2,654 ft) Taivaskero, which is also highest peak of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park and whole Lapland excluding Käsivarsi area.

The fells are located in the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, which was originally established in 1938. Pallastunturi fells are one of the 27 National landscapes of Finland.

The Pallastunturi Hotel was built near the fells in 1938. This Functionalist style building was destroyed by German troops during the Lapland War in October 1944. A replacement hotel was opened 1948.

In January 2024, an accident occurred at Pyhäkero of Pallastunturi, where a 12-year-old boy and his mother were killed by an avalanche. The mother had time to call the emergency center before the accident, but difficult weather conditions made the search difficult.

1952 Olympic flame

A second Olympic flame of the 1952 Summer Olympics was lit on the top of Taivaskero fell in the midnight of 6 July 1952. It was lit by the rays of Midnight sun and carried to Tornio, where it was merged with the main flame lit in Olympia, Greece. The Greek flame was flown from Greece to Denmark, then carried by runners on a torch relay via Sweden to Finland.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sights around Pallastunturi Fell Outdoors.fi. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ Meaningful National Landscape.
  3. ^ Pallas Lapland Hotels. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Body of 12-year-old avalanche victim recovered in Finnish Lapland". Yle News. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ^ Hope, Russell (4 January 2024). "Mother and child die in avalanche after temperatures fell to –20C and their skis were blown away". Sky News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Torch Relay 1952". Olympic Games Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Helsinki 1952 Torch Relay". Olympic.org. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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