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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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
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Latitude
67.55653° or 67° 33′ 24″ northLongitude
24.50085° or 24° 30′ 3″ eastElevation
285 metres (935 feet)Inception
1991Open location code
9GV6HG42+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 26478966OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyphOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
13478701Wikidata ID
Q11884136
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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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