The Jakobselva or Grense Jakobselv (
lit. ''Jacob's River''; , ''Vor'yema''; ; ; ) is a river that runs along the
Russia-Norway border. The river runs along the border of
Sør-Varanger Municipality
Sør-Varanger (; ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kirkenes. Other settlements in the municipality include the vill ...
in
Finnmark
Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
, and
Pechengsky District
Pechengsky District (; ; ; ; ) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Law #96-01-ZMO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District.Law #539-01-ZMO It is located in the north ...
in
Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of . Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bor ...
,
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
. The river discharges into the
Varangerfjorden
The Varangerfjord (; ; ; ) is the easternmost fjord in Norway, north of Finland. The fjord is located in Finnmark county between the Varanger Peninsula and the mainland of Norway.
Extents
The fjord flows through the municipalities of Vardø, ...
, a bay off the
Barents Sea
The Barents Sea ( , also ; , ; ) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.World Wildlife Fund, 2008. It was known earlier among Russi ...
.
This river is known as a superb salmon fishing river, but where the river forms the border only Norwegian citizens and long-term residents of Norway are permitted to fish, and then only on the Norwegian side of the river (
fishing license
A fishing license (American English, US), fishing licence (British English, UK), or fishing permit is an administrative or legal mechanism employed by state government, state and local governments to regulate fishing activities within their ad ...
needed). The Russian side is normally not accessible,
Серебро северных широт
(in Russian) something which is a general rule for all the Russian border to Norway and Finland.
The Jakobselva lends its name to the small village of Grense Jakobselv, near the mouth of the river in Norway.
References
Sør-Varanger
Rivers of Finnmark
Norway–Russia border
Rivers of Murmansk Oblast
Drainage basins of the Barents Sea
International rivers of Europe
{{Finnmark-geo-stub