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.
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  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 203 metres (666 feet)
  • Description: artillery practice range in Lapland, Finland
  • Also known as
    “Rovajärvi artillery practice range”
    “Rovajärvi military shooting range”
    “Rovajärvi proving ground”

Rovajärvi

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Latitude
66.71542° or 66° 42′ 56″ north
Longitude
26.78518° or 26° 47′ 7″ east
Open location code
9GR8PQ8P+53
Geo­Names ID
638948
Wiki­data ID
Q6305010

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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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