Paanajärvi National Park
| Paanajärvi National Park (Национальный парк «Паанаярви») | |
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 Lake and forests in Paanajärvi National Park
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| Country | Russia |
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| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia |
| Area | 1,043.71 km2 (403 sq mi) |
| Biome | Taiga |
| Established | 1992 |
| IUCN category | II - National Park |
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Website: http://parks.karelia.ru/paanajarvi/ http://oopt.info/paana/index.html |
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Paanajärvi National Park is a Russian national park in the Loukhsky District of northwestern Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia.
The park was established in 1992. It has received a PAN Parks certificate.
Paanajärvi National Park is located in the Karelia Region of northern Europe, along the Finnish–Russian border.
It protects 1,043.71 square kilometres (402.98 sq mi) of pristine Scandinavian and Russian Taiga ecoregion forest habitats, lakes, and rivers.
Oulanka National Park is adjacent on the west along the border, within Finland, with contiguous protection of this Karelian Taiga habitat.
Coordinates: 66°17′03″N 30°08′23″E / 66.2842°N 30.1397°E
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