Lake Virmayarvi (russian: Вирмаярви; fi, Virmajärvi) is a small ( long)
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
straddling the border between
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
(
Ilomantsi
Ilomantsi ( krl, Il'manči or Ilomančči, sv, Ilomants) is municipality and a village of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densi ...
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
) and Russia (
Suoyarvsky District,
Republic of Karelia). It is located east of the village of
Hattuvaara
Hattuvaara is a village in Ilomantsi municipality in the province of Eastern Finland, about 40 km north-east from the municipality centre and near the border with Russia.
It is the most eastern village in Finland and in the continental part o ...
. The
easternmost point of Finland and of the
Schengen Area and of the
continental European Union is located on an island in the lake.
Virmayarvi
LVirmayarvi
Finland–Russia border
Virmayarvi
Landforms of North Karelia
Lakes of Ilomantsi
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