Rovajärvi
Rovajärvi is the main artillery practice range of the Finnish Army. At 1,110 square kilometres area, it is the largest practice range of the Finnish Defence Forces, and the largest such range in western Europe.
Photo: Methem, Public domain.- Type: Military installation
- Description: artillery practice range in Lapland, Finland
- Also known as: “Rovajärvi artillery practice range”, “Rovajärvi military shooting range”, and “Rovajärvi proving ground”
Rovajärvi
- Category: military training area
- Location: Kemijärvi, Itä-Lappi, South-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.7881° or 66° 47′ 17″ north
Longitude
26.65871° or 26° 39′ 31″ east
Open location code
9GR8QMQ5+6F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Rovajärvi” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rovajärvi tiro eremua”
- Cebuano: “Rovajärvi”
- Finnish: “Rovajärven alue”
- Finnish: “Rovajärven ampuma-alue”
- Finnish: “Rovajärven ampumaleiri”
- Finnish: “Rovajärvi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rovajärvi”
- Norwegian: “Rovajärvi”
- Swedish: “Rovajärvi skjutområde”
- Swedish: “Rovajärvi, Finland”
- Swedish: “Rovajärvi”
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