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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ivalo
Ivalo is a town in Inari Municipality, in Finnish Lapland, situated a few kilometres to the south of Lake Inari.
Inari (Aanaar in Inari Sami, Anár in Northern Sami, Enare in Swedish) is a municipality in Finland.
Lake Inari (Finnish: Inarijärvi, Northern Sami: Anárjávri, Swedish: Enare träsk) is the second largest lake in Finland, and the sixth largest lake in Europe.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ivalo   (312 words)

  
  Lake Inari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Inari (Finnish: Inarijärvi, Northern Sami: Anárjávri, Inari Sami: Aanaarjävri, Swedish: Enare träsk) is the third largest lake in Finland, and the sixth largest lake in Europe.
The lake is 117-119 meters above sea level and it is regulated at the Kaitakoski power plant in Russia.
Trout, lake salmon, white fish, pearch and pike are found in Lake Inari's waters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Inari   (160 words)

  
 Lake Peipus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Peipus (Estonian: Peipsi järv, Russian: Чудское озеро (Chud Lake), German: Peipussee) is a large lake, on the border between Estonia and Russia in Northern Europe.
It is the fourth largest lake in Europe, after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega in Russia north of St.
Petersburg, and Lake Vänern in Sweden, followed by Lake Saimaa and Lake Inari in Finland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Peipus   (182 words)

  
 Inari - Wikitravel
Inari [1] is a small village in Finnish Lapland, on the shore of Lake Inari.
The last ice within the lake dissappears at the end of May. Even in July, the average temparature is only about 17 degrees Celsius.
Siida, also known as the Inari Sámi Museum, is a museum devoted to the culture of the Sámi, the original people of the area.
wikitravel.org /en/Inari   (309 words)

  
 Outdoors.fi - Natural Features of Inari Hiking Area
Lake Inarijärvi is, at some places, as deep as 100 metres, and it is one of the largest lakes in Finland.
Lake Inarijärvi is barren, and does not support abundance of species, but many salmonids live in it.
Lake Myössäjärvi is known for its rugged rocky landscape, and for Karhunpesäkivi, “the bear’s nest rock”.
www.luontoon.fi /page.asp?Section=5524   (604 words)

  
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Lake Pielinen is 93 km in length, its has a maximum width of 28 km and greatest depth of 61 m, the latter having been measured at the Vasamaselkä stretch of water, north of Paalasmaa island.
The present-day length of Lake Pielinen's shoreline is 95 km.
The normal annual variation in the lake's water level in the years 1961-1990 was 120 cm while the difference between the highest and lowest water level during the 30 years was as much as 218 cm.
www.metla.fi /koli/luonto/geolog-en.htm   (957 words)

  
 Inari Lake - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Inari Lake - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Inari, Lake (Swedish, Enare), north-eastern Finland, in Lappi Province, north of the Arctic Circle.
A popular tourist spot, the lake has an area of...
au.encarta.msn.com /Inari_Lake.html   (49 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for language code:smn
Lapland, above 68.00N Lat., in an area about 15,400 square miles between Lake Inari and the Norway border.
Inari "Lappish", Anar, "Finnish Lapp", "Lapp", Sámi, Samic, Saam, Saame
Finnish Saami all know Finnish and speak it for all purposes outside their work as reindeer herdsmen.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=smn   (105 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Inari, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Enare, lake, c.500 sq mi (1,290 sq km), N Finland.
It is fed by the Ivalojoki and empties into the Arctic Ocean through the Paatsjoki.
Lake Inari contains more than 3,000 islands and is a tourist attraction.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/Inari.html   (140 words)

  
 Inari Sami
Inari Sami (Saami, Sámi, Lappish, Lapp) is spoken by 300-400 people who live around Lake Inari in Lapland in Northern Finland.
Inari Sami is one of the Sami (Saami, Sámi, Lappish, Lapp) languages.
The difference between the nominative and accusative case of 'tooth' is that the consonant 'n' is longer in nominative than in accusative.
www.ling.canterbury.ac.nz /personal/toivonen/sami   (408 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Lake Peipsi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lake Peipsi (Estonian: Peipsi järv, Russian: Chudskoe ozero, German: Peipus-See) is a large lake, on the border between Estonia and Russia in Eastern Europe.
The lake is used for fishing and recreation, but suffers from severe environmental damages.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Lake_Peipsi   (167 words)

  
 INARI EVENT - travel services
M/S Inari will take you daily in June-September at 14.00 to 2 hours cruise in Lake Inari which is a beautiful wilderness lake and the 6th largest in Europe.
The lake has 3.318 islands and you will visit one, the famous island “Ukko” (Äijih), an ancient sacrificial site of the Inari Sámis.
It has created unparalleled possibilities for sport fishing, casting, trolling etc. Lake Inari is stocked with the typical fish of a rugged northern lake.
www.saariselka.fi /inarievent/summeractivities.html   (1038 words)

  
 Sebago Lake Beach Erosion, Lake Level, Water Quality Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Correlations of regulated lake levels and climatic factors with abundance of young-of-the-year walleye and yellow perch in four lakes in (17) Voyageurs National Park.
Lake level regulation and shoreline erosion on Flathead Lake, Montana: A response to the redistribution of annual wave energy.
The Role of Wetlands as nearshore habitat in Lake Huron.
www.friendsofsebago.org /bibliography.html   (3311 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Inari
Enare ENARE [Enare] lake: see Inari, lake, Finland.
Inari Taps Industry Veteran as New Senior Vice President; Dhaval R. Ajmera to Lead Business Development Efforts.
Inari Appoints THOMSON multimedia Executive to Its Board of Directors.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Inari   (283 words)

  
 Hotel Inari
Hotel Inari is situated on the shore of lake Inari at the heart of Inari village, along road E-75.
Due to our convenient location all the Inari villages services and activities are within walking distance.
The nearest airport is in Ivalo, 50 km south from Inari.
www.hotelliinari.fi /eng/index.htm   (79 words)

  
 Santa Claus Land - photos of spectacular views in Finland on Worldisround
The village of Inari lies on the shore of Lake Inari.Within the village area, people have been living uninterruptedly for as long as 8000 years.
You can find more info about Inari from here: http://www.vyh.fi/eng/environ/state/laprec/inari/LakeInar.htm.
Beautifully captured and presented mood of the Inari Lake.
www.worldisround.com /articles/22656/index.html   (183 words)

  
 Siida - Archeology
People have lived on the premises of the open-air museum by the small Vuopaja Bay of Lake Inari at the place where the Juutua River flows into the lake as early as the prehistoric period, the Stone Age and the Early Metal Age, about 6,000 - 2,000 years ago.
The jewel finding of the Ukonsaari Island on Lake Inari (in the picture above) is one of the most important findings in the archaeological history of Northern Lapland.
It is also difficult to spread the information on the archaeological history of the area to the Sámi population of Northern Lapland, as there are no archaeologists working permanently in the area.
www.siida.fi /english/ulkomuseo/en_arkeologia.html   (377 words)

  
 photos.eisenbach.at :: Lappland im Winter (Saariselkä - Inari)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the morning we took the gratis ski bus to Saariselkä in order to rent a car, but very soon we found out, that Hertz, Eurpocar and as well Avis were booked out.
After we clinched the deal we drove with our red Volvo to Inari, where we made a walk at the huge lake Inari.
In winter the lakes are used for snow mobile routes.
photos.eisenbach.at /voyages/lapland/8.htm   (317 words)

  
 Master of Ceremony from Inari — SixDegrees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is demonstrated by Amoc, an artist in his twenties, who raps in his native language, the endangered Inari Sámi, which is only spoken by approximately 400 people around the surroundings of Lake Inari in Lapland.
International and foreign influences are generally seen as devastating for indigenous people and their disappearing languages, but, in the case of the rap phenomenon and Sámi language, it seems to have paradoxical consequences.
Amoc’s rap can thus be seen as kind of a survival kit for an endangered language - not to mention that it has made the language popular and cool among young people.
www.6d.fi /cultitude/zvsdvsdgsdg   (353 words)

  
 Cruise Norway: Hurtigruten, lapland excursion
If you would like to further exploring the Sami culture, the Inari Open-Air Museum is open during the summer to complement the exhibitions at SIIDA.
To explore the area by boat, take a two-hour cruise on Lake Inari to the sacrificial island of Ukko.
Continue along the western banks of Inari Lake and pass more than 50 lakes before arriving in Sevettijarvi, housing a small village museum and Greek Orthodox wooden church.
www.cruisenorway.com /lapland.html   (494 words)

  
 ALIAS: Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Kevo Subarctic Research Institute: The Kevo research station is situated on Lake Kevojärvi, in the commune of Utsjoki, the northernmost municipality in Finnish Lapland.
The research area as a whole comprises mainly the biological province of Inari Lapland, an area of ca.
The Kevo research station is operated by The University of Turku.
www.arcus.org /ALIAS/kevo/kevobasic.html   (124 words)

  
 Finland Sports - TravelPuppy.com
Mountain biking is very popular in the lake districts, where bicycles can be hired from campsites, hotels, hostels and tourist information offices.
The lakes and inland waterways are particularly good for trout, perch, bream and roach.
The lakes and the ground freeze between November and May and the coastal waters freeze during December.
travelpuppy.com /finland/sports.htm   (1071 words)

  
 Hotel & Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, cabins in Lapland
After breakfast at Hotel Kakslauttanen a whole day trip to the Lake Inari, The holy lake of Sami people...
Inari is the holy lake of Sami people.
When arriving to Inari, way continues by boat to Leviä Petäjä Island.
www.kakslauttanen.fi /river_and_lake_activities.php   (112 words)

  
 Inari — Infoplease.com
lake, c.500 sq mi (1,290 sq km), N Finland.
Lake Inari contains more than 3,000 islands and is a tourist attraction.
Enare - Enare Enare, lake: see Inari, lake, Finland.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0825061.html   (144 words)

  
 Norwegian Coastal Voyage 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Options include hiking to the beautiful Pielpajarvi Wilderness Church; air sightseeing over Lake Inari; river excursions by boat; white water rafting; Inari Lake cruise to the historical Sami holy island of Ukko; museum visits; or shopping for handicrafts.
You’ll be served coffee and biscuits in a Sami tent.
Depart Inari enjoying the wonderful views along Inari Lake and pass many lakes before arriving in the sami village Sevettijarvi, home to a Russian Orthodox church.
www.coastalvoyage.com /lapland1.shtml?color=006   (237 words)

  
 Organised activities
Summer: Fishing and sightseeing tours on Lake Inari tailored for You.
INARI EVENT takes you closer to the local culture and untamed wild nature.
An interesting new permanent exhibition has opened on the shores of the majestic LAKE INARI, in the heart of Northern Lapland which is becoming ever more interesting to tourists.
www.inarilapland.org /en/ohjelmapalvelut.html   (966 words)

  
 Abroad: Irish Photographer Dave Walsh's weblog: Sunset, Lake Inari
The lake is completely frozen over in the winter.
Road sign, Lake Inari - there's official roads across the lake during winter.
Hi - Would it be possible to use your photo of the road sign on Lake Inari in a publication about the Pasvik-Inari area?
www.blather.net /abroad/archives/2005/02/sunset_lake_ina.html   (137 words)

  
 Accomodation
Cabin accommodation by Lake Inari from spring to late autumn.
Uruniemi Camping is situated on a beautiful spot by Lake Inarinjärvi in Inari.
Varied range of accommodation by Lake Nilijärvi in the village of Sevettijärvi.
www.inarilapland.org /index/accomodation.htm   (534 words)

  
 Lake Inari Travel Guide - TravBuddy
Be the first to contribute to the travel guide for Lake Inari or browse our Lake Inari travel blogs, travel reviews, and travel buddies below.
If you are planning to visit Lake Inari, you should add it to your future locations to notify potential travel buddies that you will be here.
There are no TravBuddies currently living in Lake Inari.
www.travbuddy.com /Lake-Inari-travel-guide-1310773   (225 words)

  
 Worldrover Travel Magazine. Huskies and Reindeer in Finland.
Come February, the rugged, unspoiled Lapp countryside is used for 'ski tours', with cross country skiing trips, lasting a week, being popular.
To take an example you can travel 110 miles to the Norwegian bordrer, staying overnight in comfortable log cabins, one of which is on an island on Lake Inari.
There are also snowmobile safaris and adventure treks where you use parachutes to pull you up the hill on skis.
www.worldrover.net /archive/0212ride/alapdogs.htm   (532 words)

  
 Inari, Finland
Inari, at the mouth of the Joenjoki (good fishing), has a folk high school for Sami.
Inari has a modern town hall (1983) and a church built in 1952 to replace the earlier church, destroyed by bombing in 1940.
Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by law.
www.planetware.com /finland/inari-sf-lpn-in.htm   (80 words)

  
 SOS Children's Villages - Country Information on Finland
Terrain Climate Fauna/Flora History/Politics Economy Culture Terrain Finland has about 60,000 lakes, the most important being Lake Saima, Lake Inari, and Lake Päijänne.
The Ahvenanmaa (Åland Islands) is a group of about 6500 islands that projects south-west into the Baltic Sea.
Finland has about 60,000 lakes, the most important being Lake Saima, Lake Inari, and Lake Päijänne.
www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_finland.html   (1024 words)

  
 THE SACRED UKONKIVI ON LAKE INARI, ETC.
Lake Inari in northern Finland is the 3rd largest and 2nd deepest lake in the country, having either 3,318 or 3,500 islands.
Some cities that border Lake Inari are Inari, Koppelo, and Nellim.
For example, it makes it kind of tough to tell your buddies about the cool new island you visited on Lake Inari.
www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/archive.cgi?noframes;read=31583   (740 words)

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