Pasvikdalen, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Height 96 (Norwegian: “Høyde 96”) is a former military border observation tower dating from the Cold War era. Located close to Svanhovd in Pavikdalen, the tower is open from June to August and offers extensive views of the Pasvik valley and Nikel, the closest town on the Russian side of the River Pasvikelva.
Nikel is the administrative centre of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast in Russia. It is located on the shores of Lake Kuets-Yarvi 122 miles north west of Murmansk and 4 miles from the Norwegian border.
Nickel is linked to the Norilsk Nickel plant Kola MMC nearby where many of its citizens are employed and which causes environmental and health concerns for the population. The nickel smelter which has been an eyesore in Norway–Russia relations for decades due to its extreme pollution levels usually deposits its sulphur dioxide fumes to the south of the town where the countryside is a brown moonscape of bald hills and barren of plant life. Over the last 15 years, however, emissions have lowered significantly and by 2025, Norilsk Nickel plans to reduce its overall emissions by 90% as part of its long-term development programme announced in 2019.
Date: 30th June 2019
Location: view from Height 96 watchtower, Svanhovd, Pasvikdalen, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Nikel is the administrative centre of Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast in Russia. It is located on the shores of Lake Kuets-Yarvi 122 miles north west of Murmansk and 4 miles from the Norwegian border.
Nickel is linked to the Norilsk Nickel plant Kola MMC nearby where many of its citizens are employed and which causes environmental and health concerns for the population. The nickel smelter which has been an eyesore in Norway–Russia relations for decades due to its extreme pollution levels usually deposits its sulphur dioxide fumes to the south of the town where the countryside is a brown moonscape of bald hills and barren of plant life. Over the last 15 years, however, emissions have lowered significantly and by 2025, Norilsk Nickel plans to reduce its overall emissions by 90% as part of its long-term development programme announced in 2019.
Date: 30th June 2019
Location: view from Height 96 watchtower, Svanhovd, Pasvikdalen, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
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