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The glaciers of Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise is the second largest high mountain area in Sweden. The area lies between Stora Lule Älv and Abiskodalen-Alesvagge in Norrbottens län (Lapland). To the west the area borders with Padjelanta and to the east it grades into low plateaus. The highest peak is Kebnekaise (2117 m), the highest peak of Sweden, and there are 4 additional peaks higher than 2000 m, roughly 20 1900-meter peaks, and some 30 1800-meter peaks.

Of the 13 high mountain massifs in Kebnekaise 12 contain 104-111 glaciers (the thirteenth, Rassepautasj-tjåkkå, has no glaciers). The former number is true if you treat glacier complexes as one glacier, and the latter if you treat the ice streams within the complexes as separate glaciers. The total glacier area is 75.90 km², being 25.6 % of the glaciated area of Sweden.

Kebnekaise contain 4 glacier complexes, 11 (16) valley glaciers, 58 (61) cirque glaciärer, 30 (33) ice caps, and 1 rock glacier (the numbers within parenthesis with the glacier complexes split). The area of the glacier complexes varies between 0.84 and 6.91 km², the valley glaciers between 0.91 and 4.09, the cirque glaciers between 0.06 and 1.86, and the ice caps finally between 0.05 and 2.38+ km².

Contents

The glaciers of Kebnekaise, arranged after massif

Table over the glaciers of Kebnekaise larger than 1 km² (glacier complexes treated as one unit)

Table over the glaciers of Kebnekaise larger than 1 km² (glacier complexes divided into ice streams)

Icefalls in Kebnekaise

(For the interested, information concerning classification, naming, and measurements.)

The glaciers of Kebnekaise, arranged after massif

The Riuko massif	The Mårma massif	The Sielma massif
The Räita massif	The Kebnekaise massif	The Sälka massif
The Rusjka massif	The Skart massif	The Atjek massif
The Kårsatjåkka massif	The Kallak massif	The Nieras massif

The glaciers of Kebnekaise larger than 1 km²

(Glacier complexes treated as one unit)

Plus sign after area value means that the glacier is larger, and that part of it lies in Norway. The number indicates the area on Swedish territory.

The glaciers of Kebnekaise larger than 1 km²

(Glacier complexes divided into ice streams)

Plus sign after area value means that the glacier is larger, and that part of it lies in Norway. The number indicates the area on Swedish territory.

Icefalls in Kebnekaise

The glaciers in Kebnekaise are on average slightly steeper than in Sarek. This results in them usually being more heavily crevassed as well. Thus there are as much as six prominent icefalls (plus a few border cases); in Takglaciären, Alep Räitatjåkkajekna, Vaktpostglaciären, Kebnepakteglaciären, Isfallsglaciären, and Årjep Sälkajekna.

The icefall in Takglaciären	The icefall in Alep Räitatjåkkajekna
The icefall in Vaktpostglaciären	The icefall in Kebnepakteglaciären
The icefall in Isfallsglaciären	The icefall in Årjep Sälkajekna

	Top of document	The glaciers of the Abisko mountains	The glaciers of Sweden	The glaciers of the Padjelanta mountains	Site map	Email the author	Copyleft information	Detta dokument på svenska
Last updated: March 17, 2001	Unless otherwise specified; text, tables, photographs, maps and other graphics © 1999-2001 Gunnar Ljungstrand
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