Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area

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| name = Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area

| alt_name = Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde

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| location = Sør-Varanger Municipality, Finnmark, Norway

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| area = {{Convert|54.6|km2|abbr=on}}

| established = 2003

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Øvre Pasvik Landscape Protection Area ({{langx|no|Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde}}), is located in the Pasvikdalen valley in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The landscape protection area was established in 2003, and covers an area of {{Convert|54.6|km2|abbr=on}}. At the same time the adjacent Øvre Pasvik National Park was extended from {{Convert|66|to|119|km2|mi2}}.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2009 |title=Øvre Pasvik landskapsvernområde |encyclopedia=Norsk Fjelleksikon |publisher=Friluftsforlaget |editor-last=Lauritzen |editor-first=Per Roger |editor-link=Per Roger Lauritzen |language=Norwegian |isbn=978-82-91-49547-7}}{{Cite news |date=29 August 2003 |title=Øvre Pasvik nasjonalpark utvidet mot Russland og Finland |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dokumentarkiv/Regjeringen-Bondevik-II/md/Nyheter-og-pressemeldinger/2003/ovre_pasvik_nasjonalpark_utvidet.html?id=250966 |access-date=1 September 2012 |work=Press Release |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |language=no}}

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