Treriksrøysa
Treriksrøysa (Three-Country Cairn) is a cairn which marks the tripoint where the borders between Norway, Finland and Russia meet. The site is on a hill called Muotkavaara, in Pasvikdalen, west of the Pasvikelva and 15 km southwest of Nyrud just west of Krokfjellet in Sør-Varanger municipality of Finnmark, Norway.[1][2][3] It is the only place in Europe where three time zones meet: Central European Time, Eastern European Time and Further-eastern European Time.[4] The tripoint can only be approached by the public from the Norwegian side, since both Finland and Russia maintain extensive border zones where public access is prohibited.
Treriksrøysa on the boundary between Finland, Norway and Russia
See also
- Muotkavaara - hill marking the three-country border between Finland, Norway and Russia[5]
- Three-Country Cairn - three-country cairn marking the border point between Finland, Norway and Sweden.
- Finnish–Russian border
- Finland–Norway border
- Øvre Pasvik National Park
References
- Svein Askheim. "Treriksrøysa – Sør-Varanger". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- Svein Askheim. "Pasvikelva". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- Svein Askheim. "Pasvikdalen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- "Om Treriksrøysa" (PDF). politi.no. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- "Muotkavaara - lines in the wilderness". by-the-borderline.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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