Pallastunturi

Autumn view towards Pallastunturi
A map of area

Pallastunturi is a group of seven fells in the municipalities of Muonio and Enontekiö in Lapland, Finland. The highest peak is 809-metre (2,654 ft) Taivaskero, which is also highest peak of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park and whole Lapland excluding Käsivarsi area.[1]

The fells are located in the Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, which was originally established in 1938. Pallastunturi fells are one of the 27 National landscapes of Finland.[2]

The Pallastunturi Hotel was built near the fells in 1938. This Functionalist style building was destroyed by German troops during the Lapland War in October 1944. A replacement hotel was opened 1948.[3]

In January 2024, an accident occurred at Pyhäkero of Pallastunturi, where a 12-year-old boy and his mother were killed by an avalanche. The mother had time to call the emergency center before the accident, but difficult weather conditions made the search difficult.[4][5]

1952 Olympic flame

Main article: 1952 Summer Olympics torch relay

A second Olympic flame of the 1952 Summer Olympics was lit on the top of Taivaskero fell in the midnight of 6 July 1952. It was lit by the rays of Midnight sun and carried to Tornio, where it was merged with the main flame lit in Olympia, Greece.[6][3] The Greek flame was flown from Greece to Denmark, then carried by runners on a torch relay via Sweden to Finland.[7]

  • Pallas from NE spring 2017.
    Pallas from NE spring 2017.
  • Pallas from NE early summer 2017.
    Pallas from NE early summer 2017.
  • Pallas from Levi
    Pallas from Levi
  • Pallas from Levi
    Pallas from Levi
  • Taivaskero and Pyhäkero peaks of Pallastunturi on a winter morning
    Taivaskero and Pyhäkero peaks of Pallastunturi on a winter morning
  • Memorial of the 1952 Olympic flame on top of Taivaskero
    Memorial of the 1952 Olympic flame on top of Taivaskero

See also

References

  1. ^ Sights around Pallastunturi Fell Outdoors.fi. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ Meaningful National Landscape.
  3. ^ a b Pallas Archived 2016-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Lapland Hotels. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Body of 12-year-old avalanche victim recovered in Finnish Lapland". Yle News. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ^ Hope, Russell (4 January 2024). "Mother and child die in avalanche after temperatures fell to –20C and their skis were blown away". Sky News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Torch Relay 1952". Olympic Games Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Helsinki 1952 Torch Relay". Olympic.org. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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