Muotkavaara
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Muotkavaara, Krokfjell, Муоткавара or Муоткаваара, Muotkevárri, or Myetkivääri is a hill in Lapland at the boundary between Finland, Norway, and Russia. It is the second northernmost international tri
The cairn on the boundary between Finland, Norway and Russia
The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski area is a 176-square-kilometre area in Russian Lapland, east of Lake Inari, along the Paatsjoki River. The Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory is currently incorporated into the
Muotkavaara
…the Moscow Armistice. A concrete tetrahedron was added on the top of the cairn in 1945. The border was further modified in 1947 when Finland sold the Jäniskoski-Niskakoski region to the Soviet Union. Since then, the border between Finland and Soviet Union (now Russia) is oriented to the south-west from the Muotkavaara tripoint…
Jäniskoski hydroelectric plant in 2009
Finnish patrol in Jäniskoski during the Winter War in 1940.
Jäniskoski power plant in 1944. The concrete building on the right is the bomb shelter for the generator hall.
The power plant after being blown up in 1944 during the Lapland War.