Norway may give mountain to Finland

Norway could give Finland a mountain next year to celebrate 100 years
of Finnish independence from Russia. Moving the border 40 metres would
make the 1,331-metre summit of Halti mountain Finland’s new highest peak

Detail

Norwegian Sea

200km 125 miles

NORWAY

Oslo

Galdhopiggen: Norway’s highest peak (2,469m)

SWEDEN

FINLAND

Helsinki

RUSSIA

Potential new highest point (1,331m)

NORWAY

HALTI MOUNTAIN

FINLAND

Current boundary

Proposed boundary extension

Finland’s current highest peak (1,325m)

500m 1,640ft

Proposed gift is brainchild of Bjorn Geirr Harsson, former Norwegian state surveyor, who first suggested idea in 1972

Pictures: Associated Press, Facebook

Source: www.facebook.com/Haltijubileum/