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 (Finnish: Höyhenjärvi, Russian: Хеюхенъярви) is a lake along the Norway-Russia border in the Pasvikdalen valley. It is in Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway and in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is the core part of the a joint Norwegian and Russian Pasvik Nature Reserve.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Johanson (1999): 32
Bibliography
  • Johanson, Bodil B. "Overenkomsten" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Border Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.