Aavasaksa [1] ( Fin. Aavasaksa ) - granite rock in the north of Finland. Located in Yulitornio in the west of Lappi, near the Finnish-Swedish border. Height - 242 meters [1] . It is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as one of the preserved points of the Struve geodetic arc .
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General information
According to the stories of the Finns themselves, in ancient times, when Lapland was covered by the sea, the peak of Aavasaksa was above the water. The mountain is an object of study for geologists: back in the 18th century, French scientists came here to study the structure of the earth's crust.
Since 2005, Aavasaksa has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the points of the Struve Geodetic Arc . It is also included in the list of national views of Finland - from the top of the mountain overlooks the Tornionjoki River.
Geography
The nature of Aavasaksa is an object of concern and protection on the part of the authorities: wooden floorings are laid on the slopes of the mountain so that visitors do not trample the vegetation. No one is forbidden to eat blueberries , growing in abundance on the mountain.
History
Maupertuis Expedition
In 1736 - 1737, a French scientist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences , Pierre Louis de Maupertuis, came to a hill with a geodesic expedition. The purpose of the expedition was to experimentally verify Newton’s law of universal gravitation and measure the length of the Earth’s Meridian Arc. According to Newton , the Earth at the poles as a result of rotation should be flattened, and Lapland at that time was the most accessible for such studies.
Arc Struve
Imperial House
In 1882, on the top of Aavasaksa, a guest house was built for the Russian emperor Alexander II . His visit, however, did not take place.
Tourism
Today, Aavasaksa enjoys the attention of tourists due to the beautiful view of the Torni River, which opens from its slopes, as well as the fact that you can see the setting sun from the top of Aavasaksa on Johannus (July 22, the summer solstice ). The mountain is located somewhat south of the Arctic Circle , but, having risen to the top, you can see how the Sun comes close to the horizon and, without setting, rises again.
In the summer, the museum of local lore works on the mountain. Near the emperor’s house there is also a brick tower tower with a glazed upper floor, built for scientific purposes.
In honor of the hill named asteroid 2678 Aavasaksa .
See also
- Arc Struve
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Norway, Sweden, Finland // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 50-51. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).