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Sarek National Park is the most mountainous region in Sweden and it is the part of the country that mostly resembles an alpine countryside. [6] Within the park are 19 summits higher than 1,900 m (6,200 ft), [ 7 ] the most noted being the second highest summit in Sweden after the Kebnekaise – the Sarektjåkkå with a height of 2,089 m (6,854 ...
The village of Porjus is a natural point of entry to the Laponian area and has recently opened an information center. The Laponia area also contains three major hydropower stations with belonging basins and a big expansion of 100 wind power stations inside the world heritage area is planned.
The Rapa Valley (Swedish: Rapadalen, Sami: Ráhpavágge) is a 35 kilometres (22 mi) long valley in Sweden and the largest in the Sarek National Park, part of the Laponian area. [1] The Rapa River runs through the valley, which is surrounded by steep mountains. It's Laitaure river delta is one of the major tourist attractions for hikers in the area.
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Since the site was in the boundary of Stora Sjöfallet National Park, formed in 1909, it was decided to move the STF outside of the national park. It was decided to build it on sand ridges in Saltoluokta, one kilometer below the national park boundary and where Kungsleden (King's Trail) goes further south. The old station was built initially in ...
Nämdöskärgården National Park Stockholm County: 14,000 ha (34,595 acres) TBA Koppången National Park Dalarna County: 5,000 ha (12,355 acres) TBA Reivo National Park Norrbotten County: 11,000 ha (27,182 acres) TBA Rogen-Juttulslätten National Park Dalarna County and Jämtland County: 100,000 ha (247,105 acres) TBA Sankt Anna National Park
This area includes world-famous mountain regions like the Sarek National Park and is sometimes referred to as "Europe's last wilderness" or "Europe's Alaska". Covering about 9400 km 2, the Laponia area is the largest wilderness in Europe with vast areas of untouched nature. [2]
National Park and National Reserve boudaries/ Limites des parcs nationaux et des réserves naturelles : The datas are from the GIS-programdata of Länsstyrelserna of Sweden (). The data base is copyrighted. Locator map / Carte de situation dérivée de File:Abkhazia in Europe (relief) (-mini map).svg (by Alexrk2 & TUBS)