Finnish Lapland

Finnish Lapland, a forest-covered region of hills and bog with an area of some 94,000sq.km/36,000sq.mi, is similar in many respects to Swedish Lapland, but the hills are lower. Only in the extreme northwest, where a finger of territory reaches into the Scandinavian mountains, is there a peak of greater height - Haltiatunturi (1,328m/4,357ft), the highest peak in Finland. Almost the whole of Finnish Lapland is covered with forests; in the south spruce predominates, but beyond Lake Inari there are only pines and birches. At higher altitudes there are expanses of lichen-covered tundra. The area has been made more easily accessible to visitors by the construction of roads and the provision of hotels and other accommodation. The administrative