Linnansaari National Park

Island forests and old croft fields in the middle of Lake Haukivesi, Finland

Linnansaari lies in the middle of Haukivesi, part of greater Saimaa, and protects the Finnish lakeland. Its main island holds an old croft and natural-state coniferous forest, and it is home to the endangered Saimaa ringed seal.

1The old croftOld croft on the main island, where slash-and-burn agriculture is still practised on the fields.
2HaukivesiThe lake, part of greater Saimaa, in whose middle the park lies.
The old croft
The old croft
Haukivesi
Haukivesi

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Finland · South Savo and Northern Savonia Est. 1956 Size 96 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

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