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 where three time zones meet: Central European Time, Eastern European Time and Further-eastern European Time.[4] The tripoint can only be approached by public from the Norwegian side, since both Finland and Russia maintain extensive border zones where public access is prohibited.
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.