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    The Three-Country Cairn (Finnish: Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki, Northern Sami: Golmma riikka urna, Norwegian: Treriksrøysa, Swedish: Treriksröset) is...
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    Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn is a historic photograph taken on 27 April 1945, which was the last day of the Second World War in Finland...
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    A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish...
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    Treriksrøysa (lit. 'Three-Country Cairn') is a cairn which marks the tripoint where the borders between Norway, Finland, and Russia meet. The site is on...
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    those by American soldiers on Iwo Jima, by Finnish soldiers on the Three-Country Cairn, and by Soviet soldiers over the Reichstag. The capture of Umm al-Rashrāsh...
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    1945) Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (1945) Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (1945) The Ink Flag (1948) Raising the Flag at Ground Zero (2001)...
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    Finland (redirect from Suomi (country))
    Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
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  • Cairn University is a private Christian university in Langhorne Manor and Middletown Township, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1913, the university has six schools...
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    27 April 1945 and a Finnish battle patrol raised the flag on the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland to celebrate the end of the wars...
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    Treriksröset, a stone cairn where both countries border Sweden. The eastern tripoint is marked by Treriksrøysa, a stone cairn where both countries border Russia...
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    Kungsleden in all STF trail networks in the mountains, from the three-Country Cairn in the north to Grövelsjön in the south. In 1975, the trail was officially...
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    thwarted, and by the end of World War II, Finland remained an independent country. However, Finland ceded approximately 10% of its territory to the Soviet...
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  • cities (geographical proximity), which includes tri-city Quad cities Three-Country Cairn, the tripoint where the borders of Norway, Sweden and Finland meet...
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    national symbols Household pennants of Finland Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn Jeroen Temperman (2010). State Religion Relationships and Human Rights...
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    Canadian four corners No Man's Heath Tres Fronteras Triple Frontier Three-Country Cairn Vaalserberg "Shared Solution: Four Corners". NGS Survey Monument...
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    into occupied Norway. On 27 April 1945, the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph was taken. Mussolini is executed: On 25 April 1945, Italian...
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    Iwo Jima Raising a Flag over the Reichstag Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn Raising the Flag at Ground Zero History of the United States Marine...
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    withdraw to Norway from Finland; the Finnish flag is raised at the three-country cairn in celebration. : Head of State for the Italian Social Republic,...
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    Norway-Russia-Finland tripoint (Treriksrøysa) and Norway-Sweden-Finland tripoint (Three-Country Cairn). The Sweden-Finland border on Märket is marked with holes drilled...
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    387 pairs of poles, 25 cairns, two lead markers and one stake. The three-country cairn is unnumbered, while the remaining markers are numbered from 1 through...
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    other statistics.] Among Finland, Norway, and Sweden: Three-Country Cairn, the boundary cairn at the tripoint, is 10 metres from the shore of Lake...
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    the municipality of Enontekiö. Finnish Defence Forces would reach Three-Country Cairn of Finland, Norway and Sweden that same day. Even if the day reminds...
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  • War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested...
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  • War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. The provisional government of Austria headed...
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    Finnish–Norwegian border crossing point which is located in Utsjoki Three-Country Cairn is the point at which the international borders of Sweden, Norway...
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  • farther to the north than any other location classified by continent and country, latitude and longitude, and distance to the North Pole. The list is sorted...
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    A Finnish patrol hoists a flag at the Three-Country Cairn on 27 April 1945 after the TK men had brought a larger flag and a better flagpople and organised...
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  • the Welsh name – Yr Wyddfa – means "the tumulus", which may refer to the cairn thrown over the legendary giant Rhitta Gawr after his defeat by King Arthur...
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  • supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid...
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    Poltalloch Terrier but did not want to be known as such. A cousin of the Cairn Terrier, other related breeds included the Roseneath Terrier (bred by George...
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