Gressholmen
Gressholmen is an islet in Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark. Gressholmen is situated nearby to the hamlet Melkefoss - Máiddik - Mââjdõk - Maitokoski, as well as near Sameti.- Type: Islet
- Description: islet in Paatsjoki, Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Grasholmen”
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.
Gressholmen
- Categories: wetland, locality, and landform
- Location: Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
69.39492° or 69° 23′ 42″ northLongitude
29.7671° or 29° 46′ 2″ eastElevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
9GXF9QV8+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 1131723862OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
12954513Wikidata ID
Q128791742
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Gressholmen” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gressholmen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gressholmen”
- Norwegian: “Gressholmen”
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Localities in the Area
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