Northern Norway
Finnmark
Sør-Varanger Municipality

Three-Country Cairn

Muotkavaara, Krokfjell, Муоткавара or Муоткаваара, Muotkevárri, or Myetkivääri is a hill in Lapland at the boundary between Finland, Norway, and Russia.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: tripoint between Finland, Norway and Russia
  • Also known as: “Finland-Norway-Russia tripoint”, “Finland–Norway–Russia tripoint”, “Three Country Cairn”, and “Treriksrøysa”
  • Inscription: “NORGE KROKFJELLET / SUOMI MUOTKAVAARA / РОССИЯ МУОТКАВААРА”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rayakoski and Rayakoski Hydroelectric Station.

Hamlet
is a rural locality in of , , located adjacent to the between , , and Russia. Population: 238. is situated 4½ km southeast of Three-Country Cairn.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 5 km southeast of Three-Country Cairn.

Locality
was a rural locality in of , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. It lies on the east bank of the Paatsjoki River, which forms part of the border between Norway and Russia. is situated 7 km southeast of Three-Country Cairn.

Three-Country Cairn

Latitude
69.05192° or 69° 3′ 7″ north
Longitude
28.92929° or 28° 55′ 46″ east
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
9GXC3W2H+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 325230314
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­boundary_stone
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­cairn
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q2451792
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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Swedish—“Three-Country Cairn” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Czech: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Dutch: “drielandenpunt Finland–Noorwegen–Rusland”
  • Dutch: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Finnish: “Kolmen valtakunnan pyykki Muotkavaara”
  • Finnish: “Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki”
  • Finnish: “Kolmen valtion rajapyykki”
  • French: “tripoint Finlande-Norvège-Russie”
  • French: “Tripoint Finlande-Norvège-Russie”
  • German: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Japanese: “三国ケルン”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Norwegian: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Slovenian: “Treriksrøysa”
  • Swedish: “Treriksröset, Sør-Varanger”
  • Swedish: “Treriksröset”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Three-Country Cairn”. Photo: Julia Velkova, CC BY 2.0.