Treriksrøysa (lit. '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,[1] in the Pasvikdalen valley, west of the Pasvikelva river and 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Nyrud just west of Krokfjellet in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.[2][3][4] It is the only place in Europe where three time zones meet: Central European Time, Eastern European Time and Further-eastern European Time.[5] The tripoint can only legally be approached by the public from the Norwegian side, since both Finland and Russia maintain extensive border zones where public access is prohibited.
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 Treriksrøysa on the boundary between Finland, Norway and Russia | |
  Location of Treriksrøysa in Scandinavia |
See also
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Muotkavaara - lines in the wilderness". by-the-borderline.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ 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.