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Fjørvatnet

Coordinates: 69°10′08″N 29°16′45″E / 69.1689°N 29.2791°E / 69.1689; 29.2791 (Höyhenjärvi (Fjørvatnet))
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Fjørvatnet
Fjørvatnet is located in Scandinavia
Fjørvatnet
Fjørvatnet
LocationPasvik Nature Reserve - Sør-Varanger Municipality, Norway and Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates69°10′08″N 29°16′45″E / 69.1689°N 29.2791°E / 69.1689; 29.2791 (Höyhenjärvi (Fjørvatnet))
Basin countriesNorway and Russia

Fjørvatnet (Norwegian), Höyhenjärvi (Kven), Pâʹjj-jeänjäuʹrr (Skolt Sami),[1] or Хеюхенъярви (Russian) is a lake along the Norway-Russia border in the Pasvikdalen valley. It is in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway and in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is the core part of the a joint Norwegian and Russian Pasvik Nature Reserve.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. ^ Johanson, Bodil B. "Overenkomsten" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Border Commission. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.