Paatsjoki

The Paatsjoki River is a river that flows through , , and . 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.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: river that flows in Finland, Norway and Russia
  • Also known as: Báhčeveaijohka”, “Paaččjokk”, “Paatsjoki River”, “Paččvei”, “Pasvikelva”, and “Patsojoki

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nellimö.

Village
Nellim is a village on the shore of in , that has three distinctly different cultures: Finns, the Inari Sámi and the Skolt Sámi. is situated 6 km south of Paatsjoki.

Paatsjoki

Latitude
68.9° or 68° 54′ north
Longitude
28.33333° or 28° 20′ east
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
9GWCW82M+28
Geo­Names ID
643313
Wiki­data ID
Q524612
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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
  • Belarusian: Рака Паз
  • Bulgarian: Пасвикелва
  • Catalan: riu Paatsjoki
  • Catalan: Riu Paatsjoki
  • Cebuano: Pasvikelva
  • Chinese: 帕茨河
  • Czech: Paatsjoki
  • Danish: Pasvikelven
  • Dutch: Paatsjoki
  • Dutch: Pasvikelva (vattendrag i Finland)
  • Dutch: Pasvikelva
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر باتسجوكى
  • Esperanto: Paatsjoki
  • Estonian: Paatsjoki
  • Finnish: Báhčeveaijohka
  • Finnish: Paaččjokk
  • Finnish: Paatsjoki
  • Finnish: Paččvei
  • Finnish: Pasvikelva
  • Finnish: Patsojoki
  • French: Paatsjoki
  • German: Paatsjoki
  • German: Pasvikelva
  • German: Paz
  • Hungarian: Paatsjoki
  • Inari Sami: Paččvei
  • Irish: Paatsjoki
  • Italian: Paatsjoki
  • Japanese: パーツヨキ川
  • Japanese: パスビク川
  • 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: Паз
  • Russian: Патсойоки
  • Serbian: Paatsjoki
  • Serbian: Паз
  • Serbian: Пасвикелва
  • Serbian: Патсојоки
  • Serbo-Croatian: Paatsjoki
  • Skolt Sami: Paččjokk
  • Slovenian: Paatsjoki
  • Slovenian: Pasvikelva
  • Slovenian: Paz
  • South Azerbaijani: باتسجوكي
  • Spanish: Rio Pasvikelva
  • Spanish: Río Pasvikelva
  • Swedish: Pasvik älv
  • Swedish: Pasvikälven
  • Ukrainian: Патсойокі
  • Uzbek: Paatsjoki
  • Venetian: Fiume Pasvikelva

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