Neitokainen
Neitokainen is an artificial pond in Finland. It was constructed in the municipality of Kittilä on the slope of Vesikkovaara in 1991. It is known for being shaped in the cartographic form of Finland.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: human-made pond in Kittilä, Finland, shaped like Finland
- Also known as: “Neitojärvi”
Neitokainen
- Categories: artificial pond, body of water, and geoglyph
- Location: Kittilä, Tunturi-Lappi, North-west Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
67.55653° or 67° 33′ 24″ north
Longitude
24.50085° or 24° 30′ 3″ east
Elevation
285 metres (935 feet)
Inception
1991
Open location code
9GV6HG42+J8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyph
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Neitokainen” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Նեյտոկայնեն”
- Catalan: “Neitokainen”
- Dutch: “Neitokainen”
- Finnish: “Finlantto”
- Finnish: “Neitojärvi”
- Finnish: “Neitokainen”
- French: “Neitokainen”
- German: “Neitojärvi”
- German: “Neitokainen”
- Italian: “Neitokainen”
- Portuguese: “Lago Neitokainen”
- Spanish: “Neitokainen”
- Swedish: “Neitokainen”
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