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 km2 to the northwest of Lake Imandra, including 86 km² of inland water.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: natural reserve in Murmansk Oblast
Lapland Biosphere Reserve
- Categories: protected area, protected area of Russia, and recreation area
- Location: Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
67.9396° or 67° 56′ 22″ northLongitude
31.9372° or 31° 56′ 14″ eastInception
January 17th, 1930Open location code
9GVHWWQP+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 115701302OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q6488279
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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”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Laponie”
- German: “Biosphärenreservat Lappland”
- 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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