Jakobselva
The Jakobselva or Grense Jakobselv is a river that runs along the Russia-Norway border. The river runs along the border of Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway, and Pechengsky District in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Norway and Russia
- Also known as: “Grense Jakobselva”, “Vor’yema”, “Vuoremijoki”, “Vuoriomyokki”, “Vuorjám”, “Vuorjamjokka”, “Vuorján”, and “Yakobsel’ven”
Places of Interest
Highlights include King Oscar II Chapel.
King Oscar II Chapel
Church
King Oscar II Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located near the village of Grense Jakobselv, about 500 metres from the border with Russia.
Jakobselva
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
69.7744° or 69° 46′ 28″ north
Longitude
30.8395° or 30° 50′ 22″ east
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Jakobselva” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Jakobselva”
- Cebuano: “Jakobselv”
- Cebuano: “Jakobselva”
- Chinese: “雅各布河”
- Chuvash: “Ворьема”
- Dutch: “Jakobselva”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چاكوبسيلڤا”
- Estonian: “Jakobselva”
- Finnish: “Vuoremijoki”
- French: “Jakobselva”
- German: “Jakobselva”
- Hungarian: “Jakobselva”
- Irish: “Jakobselva”
- Italian: “Jakobselva”
- Japanese: “ヤコブセルヴァ川”
- Kven Finnish: “Vuoremijoki”
- Northern Sami: “Vuorjám”
- Northern Sami: “Vuorjámjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grense Jakobselva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jakobselva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grense Jakobselva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jakobselva i Sør-Varanger”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jakobselva”
- Norwegian: “Grense Jakobselva”
- Norwegian: “Jakobselva”
- Russian: “Ворьема”
- Swedish: “Jakobs älv”
- Turkish: “Jakobselva”
- Venetian: “Fiume Jakobselva”
- “Jakobselva”
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