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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 20.8705,Lat: 69.018
Elevation	501 meter above sea level
Local time	20:54:44pm
Name province/region	Lapland (Lapin aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Lappi#Lappland
Name Kunta	Enontekiö#Enontekis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skibotn	48.2 km	NorthWest
2 Furuflaten	55.1 km	NorthWest
3 Nordkjosbotn	57.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Skjold	63.6 km	West
5 Olderdalen	66.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1005 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	1085 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1089 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Norwegian Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Munio, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Kilpisjärvi (25.9 km² at a height of around 472 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Saana with a height of 1029 meter (at a distance of 3.9 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 2.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Norwegian Finnish Swedish tripoint with a straight distance of 13.9 km (direction West).
Elevation around place: hill: 38%, low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Käsivarren ylätunturien seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 108 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sørkjosen Airport (at a distance of 85 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

5.1%

Nature

52 km2

66.2%

Water - Lakes

22.5 km2

28.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kilpisjärvi in country Finland

Kilpisjärvi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	136 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	230 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	378 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistalue	FI	0.2 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hatteng

Type of weather in Hatteng	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	18 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	03:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam