Kataja
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Kataja is the easternmost point of Sweden. It is an islet south of Haparanda in Norrbotten. The size is 0,71 km², about 2 km long and 200-500 m wide. Its location is .
The island is divided between Sweden and Finland, the border goes across it. The border was in 1809 drawn between two islands, the larger Swedish one called Kataja and the smaller Finnish one called Inakari. In the decades since 1809, the post-glacial rebound has caused the sea level in the region to fall relative to the land level, joining the two islands.
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