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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.8553,Lat: 69.3976
Elevation	151 meter above sea level
Local time	18:57:31pm
Name province/region	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Utsjoki

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Karasjohka Karasjok	16.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Utsjoki	70.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Inari	72.8 km	SouthEast
4 Lakselv	80.8 km	NorthWest
5 Ivalo	107.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1027 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	1111 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1179 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Norwegian Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 79 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tenojoki main - Medium, part of the larger catchment area Finnmark. The nearest bigger lake is Luomusjärvet (4.2 km² at a height of around 323 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Norwegian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 0.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 33%, hill: 67%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pohjois-Lapin tunturiseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 275 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lakselv Airport, Banak (at a distance of 83 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

67.7 km2

86.3%

Nature

3.8 km2

4.8%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

2.8 km2

3.6%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Karigasniemi in country Finland

Karigasniemi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	122 km	WestNorthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	408 km	SouthWest
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	444 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
MUOTKATUNTURIN ERMAA	FI	4.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Karasjok

Type of weather in Karasjok	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1029 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	19 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	02:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:06 Europe/Amsterdam