Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area ( no, Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde), is located in

Pasvikdalen Pasvikdalen (russian: Долина реки Паз) is a valley in Norway and Russia. The Norwegian side of the valley belongs to Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county and the Russian side is located in the Pechengsky District in ...

in the municipality of

Sør-Varanger Sør-Varanger ( sme, Máttá-Várjjat, fkv, Etelä-Varenki, fi, Etelä-Varanki, russian: Сёр-Вара́нгер/Syor-Varánger) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The landscape protection area was established in 2003, and covers an area of . At the same time the adjacent

Øvre Pasvik National Park Øvre Pasvik National Park ( no, Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark, se, Báhčaveaji Álbmotmeahcci) is located in the southeastern part of the Pasvikdalen valley in southern Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Covering an area of , ...

was extended from .

References

Protected areas established in 2003 Sør-Varanger Protected areas of Troms og Finnmark Tourist attractions in Troms og Finnmark Landscape protection areas in Norway 2003 establishments in Norway Norway–Russia border {{TromsFinnmark-geo-stub