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Melkefoss

Melkefoss is a waterfall in . Melkefoss is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Maida-guos̄k”, “Maidag-guos̄k”, “Maiddek”, “Maiddeǩkuõškk”, “Máiddik”, “Maitokoski”, “Melkefossen”, “Porog Mel’ke-Foss”, and “Porog Melke-Foss”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Melkefoss hydroelectric station.

Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melkefoss power station is a hydro electric dam on the river in the in , . The power station, which is owned by Pasvik Kraft, makes use of a fall of 10 meters in the river.

Melkefoss

Latitude
69.39995° or 69° 23′ 60″ north
Longitude
29.79168° or 29° 47′ 30″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
9GXF9QXR+XM
Geo­Names ID
527690
Wiki­data ID
Q101115624
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Satellite Map

Discover Melkefoss from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Skolt Sami—“Melkefoss” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Maitokoski”
  • Kven Finnish: “Maitokoski”
  • Northern Sami: “Máiddik”
  • Northern Sami: “Maidit” (historical)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melkefoss”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melkefossen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melkefoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melkefossen”
  • Norwegian: “Melkefoss”
  • Norwegian: “Melkefossen”
  • Russian: “Порог Мельке-Фосс”
  • Skolt Sami: “Maiddeǩkuõškk”

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