Skogvatn
Skogvatn is a lake in Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark. Skogvatn is situated nearby to the hamlet Skogfoss, as well as near Sameti.Places of Interest
Highlights include Melkefoss hydroelectric station.
Melkefoss hydroelectric station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melkefoss power station is a hydro electric dam on the Paatsjoki river in the Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark, Norway. The power station, which is owned by Pasvik Kraft, makes use of a fall of 10 meters in the river. Melkefoss hydroelectric station is situated 3½ km northeast of Skogvatn.
Skogvatn
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Norway and Russia
- Categories: reservoir, quiet inlet, and body of water
- Location: Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Skogvatn” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սկուգվաթն”
- Chuvash: “Скугватн”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سكوجڤاتن”
- Finnish: “Räämälompola”
- Kven Finnish: “Räämälompola”
- Northern Sami: “Skogvatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Melkefoss inntaksdam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skogvatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melkefoss inntaksdam”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skogvatn”
- Norwegian: “Skogvatn”
- Russian: “Скугватн”
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