Kilpisjärvi is a medium-sized lake located at the north-western tip of

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, ...

and northernmost

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. Treriksröset, the point where the borders of Finland, Sweden and

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join is located some northwest from the lake. The lake is divided into two parts, Kilpisjärvi () and Alajärvi (). Being located on the Scandinavian Mountains, the lake is surrounded by numerous

fell A fell (from Old Norse ''fell'', ''fjall'', "mountain"Falk and Torp (2006:161).) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or Moorland, moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, Iceland, the Isle of M ...

s, most notably Saana. The northern location and high elevation cause the lake to be frozen most of the year.

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Torne river basin Kilpisjärvi Finland–Sweden border International lakes of Europe Landforms of Lapland (Finland) Kilpisjärvi {{Norrbotten-geo-stub