Karigasniemi
Karigasniemi is a village in Finnish Lapland, in the municipality of Utsjoki. It's located on the eastern bank of the Inarinjoki river, which also is the border to Norway. Somewhat downstream Inarijoki meets Karasjoki to form Tenojoki.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Utsjoki, Finland
- Category: border town
- Location: Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- Postal code: 99950
Latitude 69.3991° or 69° 23' 56.8" north | Longitude 25.8494° or 25° 50' 57.8" east |
Population 500 | United Nations Location Code FI KAI |
Elevation 140 metres (459 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 60255654 |
GeoNames ID 654085 |
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Also Known As
- Basque: Garegasnjarga
- Basque: Garegasnjárga
- Basque: Gáregasnjarga
- Basque: Gáregasnjárga
- Basque: Karigasniemi
- Bulgarian: Каригасниеми
- Cebuano: Karigasniemi
- Dutch: Karigasniemi
- English: Garegasnjarga
- English: Gáregasnjárga
- Finnish: Gáregasnjárga
- Finnish: Karigasniemi
- French: Karigasniemi
- German: Gáregasnjárga
- German: Karigasniemi
- Italian: Karigasniemi
- Japanese: カリガスニエミ
- Kven Finnish: Karigasniemi
- Northern Sami: Gáregasnjárga
- Northern Sami: Karigasniemi
- Norwegian: Karigasniemi
- Norwegian Bokmål: Karigasniemi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Karigasniemi
- Russian: Каригасниеми
- Swedish: Gáregasnjárga
- Swedish: Karigasniemi
- Welsh: Gáregasnjárga
- Niittyvuopio
- Niittyvuorio
- Nittyvuopio
In the Area
Localities
- Dorvonjárga
- Vanha KarigasniemiHamlet
- Gámehisnjárga
- Ráidenjárga4 km northwest
- Muotkkenjárga5 km northwest
- Itkkonjárga5 km northwest
Landmarks
- DårvunjargaHeadland
- SkarfanjunniHeadland
- SugadandievváHill
- GáregassuoluIsland
- NjivlebáktiMountain
- GamehisnjargaHeadland
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