Fennoscandia
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Fennoscandia in March 2002 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Northern Europe |
| Coordinates | 63°N 17°E / 63°N 17°E |
| Adjacent to | Arctic Sea, Atlantic Ocean |
| Highest elevation | 2,469 m (8100 ft) |
| Highest point | Galdhøpiggen |
| Administration | |
| Autonomous regions | Åland |
| Republics of Russia | Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia, and parts of Leningrad Oblast |
| Demographics | |
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Fennoscandia (Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian: Fennoskandia; Russian: Фенноскандия, romanized: Fennoskandiya), Fenno-Scandinavia, or the Fennoscandian Peninsula, is a peninsula in Europe which includes the Scandinavian and Kola peninsulas, mainland Finland, and Karelia. Administratively, this roughly encompasses the mainlands of Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as Murmansk Oblast, the Republic of Karelia, and parts of northern Leningrad Oblast in Russia.