Saariselkä

ridge in Finnish Lapland
Place ridge Q1815690
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Saariselkä

Summary

Saariselkä is a ridge[1]. Saariselkä ranks in the top 4% of ridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saariselkä is located in Sodankylä[3].
  • Saariselkä is located in Inari[4].
  • Saariselkä is located in Savukoski[5].
  • Saariselkä is in the country of Finland[6].
  • Saariselkä's instance of is recorded as ridge[7].
  • Saariselkä is part of Maanselkä[8].
  • Saariselkä's Commons category is recorded as Saariselkä[9].
  • Saariselkä's highest point is recorded as Sokosti[10].
  • Saariselkä's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68.27545, 'lon': 28.11310888888889}[11].
  • Saariselkä's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Saariselkä'}[12].
  • Saariselkä's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'se', 'text': 'Suoločielgi'}[13].
  • Saariselkä's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'sms', 'text': 'Suâlčiõʹlj'}[14].
  • Saariselkä's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'smn', 'text': 'Suáluičielgi'}[15].
  • Saariselkä's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Saariselkä'}[16].
  • Saariselkä's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'se', 'text': 'Suoločielgi'}[17].
  • Saariselkä's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'smn', 'text': 'Suáluičielgi'}[18].
  • Saariselkä's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sms', 'text': 'Suâlčiõʹlj'}[19].
  • Saariselkä's different from is recorded as Saariselkä[20].
  • Saariselkä's different from is recorded as Saariselkä[21].
  • Saariselkä's different from is recorded as Saariselkä[22].
  • Saariselkä's different from is recorded as Saariselkä[23].
  • Saariselkä's mountain range is recorded as Maanselkä[24].

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Geography

Saariselkä is in the country of Finland[6]. Located in include Sodankylä[3], a municipality of Finland[25], in Finland[26], founded in 1893[27]; Inari[4], a municipality of Finland[28], in Finland[29], founded in 1876[30]; and Savukoski[5], a municipality of Finland[31], in Finland[32], founded in 1916[33]. Saariselkä is part of Maanselkä[8].

Designation and Status

Saariselkä's instance of is recorded as ridge[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Saariselkä include Saariselkä[34], a city or town or population centre[35], in Finland[36].

Why It Matters

Saariselkä ranks in the top 4% of ridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2] Saariselkä has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Saariselkä is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Saariselkä include Saariselkä[34], a city or town or population centre[35], in Finland[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . MapSite. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . MapSite. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nordisk familjebok, 2nd edition. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . utflyktskarta.fi. utflyktskarta.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . saan.oahpa.no. Retrieved . saan.oahpa.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . inari.fi. Retrieved . inari.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . inari.fi. Retrieved . inari.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . saan.oahpa.no. Retrieved . saan.oahpa.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mountain range Maanselkä
    Part of Maanselkä
    Instance of ridge
    Highest point Sokosti
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 106301, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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