Rovajärvi
Rovajärvi is the main artillery practice range of the Finnish Army. At 1,110 square kilometres area, it is the largest practice range of the Finnish Defence Forces, and the largest such range in western Europe.Photo: Methem, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: artillery practice range in Lapland, Finland
- Also known as: “Rovajarvi”, “Rovajärvi artillery practice range”, “Rovajärvi military shooting range”, and “Rovajärvi proving ground”
Rovajärvi
- Categories: military installation, military training area, and body of water
- Location: Kemijärvi, Itä-Lappi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Rovajärvi” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rovajärvi tiro eremua”
- Cebuano: “Rovajärvi”
- Finnish: “Rovajärven alue”
- Finnish: “Rovajärven ampuma-alue”
- Finnish: “Rovajärven ampumaleiri”
- Finnish: “Rovajärvi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rovajärvi”
- Norwegian: “Rovajärvi”
- Swedish: “Rovajärvi skjutområde”
- Swedish: “Rovajärvi, Finland”
- Swedish: “Rovajärvi”
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