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Goahti on the lower peak of Sallatunturit in Salla, Lapland, Finland
A goahti (kota) on Pieni Pyhätunturi of Sallatunturit in Salla municipality, Lapland, Finland in 2021 September. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- A goahti (kota) on Pieni Pyhätunturi of Sallatunturit in Salla municipality, Lapland, Finland in 2021 September
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Salla
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Salla.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Salla, known as Kuolajärvi until 1936, is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The German XXXVI Corps attacked the Soviet positions in an operation code-named Polarfuchs.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Salla
The railway formerly extended beyond Salla into Russia, but has never carried international traffic.
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Sallatunturin kisarinteet
Black piste of Salla ski resort. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Black piste of Salla ski resort
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- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
ORGANISED SPORT
Winter becomes organised
The nearby settlement of Sallatunturi is home to the Salla Ski Resort.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Salla is recorded at 66.832° N, 28.669° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 530 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Goahti on the lower peak of Sallatunturit in Salla, Lapland, Finland
A goahti (kota) on Pieni Pyhätunturi of Sallatunturit in Salla municipality, Lapland, Finland in 2021 September. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- A goahti (kota) on Pieni Pyhätunturi of Sallatunturit in Salla municipality, Lapland, Finland in 2021 September
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Salla now
The municipality has a population of 3,231 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 5,873.08 square kilometres (2,267.61 sq mi) of which 142.73 km2 (55.11 sq mi) is water.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Goahti on the lower peak of Sallatunturit in Salla, Lapland, Finland
AOD.EU.SALLA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sallatunturin kisarinteet
AOD.EU.SALLA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Salla overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.