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.
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  • 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

Latitude
66.7881° or 66° 47′ 17″ north
Longitude
26.65871° or 26° 39′ 31″ east
Open location code
9GR8QMQ5+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 221832546
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q6305010
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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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