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Sweden has 12 peaks above 2,000 metres (6,560 ft) in height. Rank Mountain ... Sweden, Highest elevation per historical province: Province Mountain Elevation (m)
Kebnekaise (Swedish pronunciation: [kɛbnɛˈkâjsɛ]; [3] from Sami Giebmegáisi or Giebnegáisi, "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in Sweden.The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks.
The mountains are relatively high for a range so young and are very steep in places; Galdhøpiggen in South Norway is the highest peak in mainland Northern Europe, at 2,469 metres (8,100 ft); Kebnekaise is the highest peak on the Swedish side, at 2,104 m (6,903 ft), whereas the slope of Halti is the highest point in Finland, at 1,324 m (4,344 ...
The highest point in Sweden is Kebnekaise, which stands at 2,097 metres (6,880 ft) (August 2018). It is in the Scandinavian Mountains chain, in the province of Lapland. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] The mountain has two peaks, of which the glaciated southern one is the highest at 2,097 metres (6,880 ft). [ 61 ]
Within its 2.02 km 2 territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km 2. In Australia 's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 ...
Sweden's highest mountain Kebnekaise will be part of a national park sometime between 2009 and 2013. The Sylan mountain range will be part of the Vålådalen-Sylarna National Park. In 2008, after investigations and interviews with the participating counties, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency laid down a plan to establish 13 new ...
Helagsfjället, the mountain of Helags, is a mountain in Härjedalen, Sweden, and is part of the Scandinavian Mountains. The peak reaches 1,797 metres above sea level, which makes it the highest mountain in Sweden south of the Arctic Circle. Its glacier is the country's southernmost.
Áhkká (Lule Sami for 'wife', [1] pronounced [ˈɑːhːkɑː]), is a massif in the southwestern corner of Stora Sjöfallet National Park in northern Sweden. The massif has twelve individual peaks and ten glaciers, [2] of which Stortoppen is the highest at 2,011 metres (6,598 feet). This peak is the tenth-highest in Sweden.