Paatsjoki
The Paatsjoki River is a river that flows through Finland, Norway, and Russia. Since 1826, the river has marked parts of the Norway–Russia border, except from 1920 to 1944 when it was along the Finland–Norway border.
Photo: Karlsbakk, Public domain.- Type: Locality
- Description: river that flows in Finland, Norway and Russia
- Also known as: “Paaččjokk”, “Paatsjoki River”, “Pasvik älv”, “Pasvikelva (vattendrag i Finland)”, “Patsojoki”, “Paz”, “Rio Pasvikelva”, “Патсойоки”, and “パスビク川”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nellimö.
Nellimö
Village
Paatsjoki
- Categories: river and watercourse
- Location: Inari, Pohjois-Lappi, North-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.9° or 68° 54′ north
Longitude
28.33333° or 28° 20′ east
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
9GWCW82M+28
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Paatsjoki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باتسجوكي”
- Arabic: “باتسيوكي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Paatsjoki”
- Basque: “Paatsjoki”
- Belarusian: “Паз”
- Bulgarian: “Пасвикелва”
- Catalan: “riu Paatsjoki”
- Catalan: “Riu Paatsjoki”
- Cebuano: “Pasvikelva”
- Chinese: “帕茨河”
- Czech: “Paatsjoki”
- Danish: “Pasvikelven”
- Dutch: “Pasvikelva”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر باتسجوكى”
- Esperanto: “Paatsjoki”
- Estonian: “Paatsjoki”
- Finnish: “Paatsjoki”
- French: “Paatsjoki”
- German: “Paatsjoki”
- Hungarian: “Paatsjoki”
- Inari Sami: “Paččvei”
- Irish: “Paatsjoki”
- Italian: “Paatsjoki”
- Japanese: “パーツヨキ川”
- Ladin: “Paatsjoki”
- Latvian: “Pasvīkelva”
- Lithuanian: “Paatsjokis”
- Mazanderani: “پاتسیوکی”
- Northern Sami: “Báhčeveaijohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pasvikelva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pasvikelva”
- Norwegian: “Pasvikelva”
- Polish: “Paatsjoki”
- Portuguese: “Rio Paatsjoki”
- Romanian: “Râul Pasvikelva”
- Russian: “Паатсийоки”
- Russian: “Паз”
- Serbian: “Патсојоки”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Paatsjoki”
- Skolt Sami: “Paččjokk”
- Slovenian: “Paatsjoki”
- South Azerbaijani: “باتسجوكي”
- Spanish: “Río Pasvikelva”
- Swedish: “Pasvikälven”
- Turkish: “Paatsjoki”
- Ukrainian: “Патсойокі”
- Uzbek: “Paatsjoki”
- Venetian: “Fiume Pasvikelva”
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