Kataja

Also known as Inakari

Kataja is an islet south of Haparanda in Norrbotten. It is the easternmost point of Sweden and it is part of the Haparanda archipelago. The islet has an area of . It is about long and wide.

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Islands.name: Kataja
Islands.local_name: Inakari
Islands.image_name: Kataja-en.svg
Islands.location: Baltic Sea
Islands.area_km2: 0.71
Islands.length_km: 2
Islands.width_km: 0.35
Islands.country: Finland
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Region
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Lapland
Islands.country1: Sweden
Islands.country1_admin_divisions_title: County
Islands.country1_admin_divisions: Norrbotten County
Islands.population: 0

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Population: 0
Area: 0.71
Image: Kataja-en.svg
Length: 2

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Kataja is an islet south of Haparanda in Norrbotten. It is the easternmost point of Sweden and it is part of the Haparanda archipelago. The islet has an area of . It is about long and wide.

The name "Kataja" is Finnish for juniper. The island is divided between Sweden and Finland. The border was established in 1809 between two islands, a larger Swedish one called Kataja and a smaller Finnish one called Inakari. In the years since then, post-glacial rebound has caused the land in the region to rise relative to sea level, joining the two islands. The border now crosses the southeastern part of the combined island, and is marked by two national cairns. The border on the island is around long.