Lapland Biosphere Reserve
Lapland Nature Reserve is a Russian zapovednik in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, above the Arctic Circle. Officially established in 1957, the reserve protects an area of 2,784 km to the northwest of Lake Imandra, including 86 km² of inland water.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Nature reserve
- Description: natural reserve in Murmansk Oblast
- Established: January 17, 1930
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Latitude
67.9396° or 67° 56′ 22″ north
Longitude
31.9372° or 31° 56′ 14″ east
Open location code
9GVHWWQP+RV
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OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Lapland Biosphere Reserve” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լապլանդիայի հատուկ պահպանվող տարածք”
- Armenian: “Լապլանդյան արգելոց”
- Armenian: “Լապլանդսկի զապովեդնիկ”
- Bashkir: “Лапланд ҡурсаулығы”
- Bashkir: “Лапландия ҡурсаулығы”
- Belarusian: “Ляпляндзкі біясфэрны запаведнік”
- Belarusian: “Ляпляндзкі запаведнік”
- Chinese: “拉普兰自然保护区”
- Dutch: “Biosfeerreservaat Laplandski”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Laponie”
- German: “Biosphärenreservat Lappland”
- Hausa: “Gidan ajiyar halittu na Lapland”
- Lithuanian: “Laplandijos rezervatas”
- Persian: “ذخیرهگاه زیستکره لاپلند”
- Polish: “Lapoński Rezerwat Biosfery”
- Russian: “Лапландский заповедник”
- Serbian: “Лапландски резерват биосфере”
- Spanish: “Reserva de la biosfera de Laponia”
- Ukrainian: “Лапландський заповідник”
- Vietnamese: “Khu dự trữ sinh quyển Lapland”
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