Konttajärvi is a
lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...
in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. This city is located in the municipality of
Pello
Pello (formerly Turtola) is a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the province of Lapland, and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is on the national border with ...
in the province of
Lapland, in the northern part of the country, 700 km north of the capital
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
. Konttajärvi is 119.5 meters above sea level. Its depth is 5.29 meters. The area is 2.35 square kilometers and the length of its coastline is 11.91 kilometers. This lake is part of
Torne's main basin. Mostly low-growing, low-growing subarctic forests grow around Konttajärvi.
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Lakes of Pello
Torne river basin
Pello
Lakes of Finland