Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area

Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area
Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area
	Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde
	Map of Norway
Location	Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway
Coordinates	69.080°N 29.114°E[1]
Area	54.6 km2 (21.1 sq mi)
Established	2003

Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area (Norwegian: Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde), is located in Pasvikdalen in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in Finnmark, Norway. The landscape protection area was established in 2003, and covers an area of 54.6 km² (21.1 sq mi). At the same time the adjacent Øvre Pasvik National Park was extended from 66 to 119 square kilometres (25 to 46 sq mi).[3][4]

References

"Øvre Pasvik Protected Landscape". protectedplanet.net.
"Øvre Pasvik Protected Landscape". protectedplanet.net.
Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.
"Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark utvidet mot Russland og Finland". Press Release (in Norwegian). Ministry of the Environment. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

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[1] "Øvre Pasvik Protected Landscape". protectedplanet.net.

[2] "Øvre Pasvik Protected Landscape". protectedplanet.net.

[nfl-3] Lauritzen, Per Roger, ed. (2009). "Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 978-82-91-49547-7.

[4] "Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark utvidet mot Russland og Finland". Press Release (in Norwegian). Ministry of the Environment. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2012.