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The Riuko massif is a moderately high plateau-like massif between Abiskodalen, Alesvagge and the border to Norway in northern Kebnekaise. The highest peak is Kalantjåkka (1582 m), and the massif contains 6-8 glaciers (depending on how you count).
# | Name | Type | Area (km2) | Length (km) | Lowest point (m) | Highest point (m) | Height difference (m) |
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1. | Nuortap Kalanjekna | Ice cap | 0.47 | 0.7 | 1190 | 1410 | 220 |
2. | Kaska Kalanjekna | Ice cap | 0.26 | 0.7 | 1265 | 1415 | 150 |
3. | Årjep Kalanjekna | Ice cap | 0.58 | 1.0 | 1340 | 1515 | 175 |
4. | Konkarjekna | Ice cap | 0.69 | 0.7 | 1255 | 1490 | 235 |
5. | Luoktekjekna | Cirque glacier | 0.20 | 0.6 | 1140 | 1320 | 180 |
6. | Riukojekna | Glacier complex | 4.49+ | 3.0 | 1130 | 1475 | 345 |
6a. | of which Nuortap Riukojekna | Ice cap | 2.38+ | 2.3 | 1130 | 1475 | 345 |
6b. | of which Lulep Riukojekna | Ice cap | 0.65 | 1.3 | 1240 | 1390 | 150 |
6c. | of which Årjep Riukojekna | Ice cap | 1.46+ | 1.6 | 1285 | 1475 | 190 |
Total | 6.69+ |
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.
Special: The ´snowfall´ at Kartetjåkka
Nuortap Kalanjekna (0.47 km2) is an ice cap on the east slope of Kalanvare.
Kaska Kalanjekna (0.26 km2) is a small ice cap in a shallow depression on the north side of Kalantjåkka.
Årjep Kalanjekna (0.58 km2) is an ice cap on the south side of Kalantjåkka.
Konkarjekna (0.69 km2), an ice cap, lies on the east side of Konkar, above the valley Konkarrieppe.
Luoktekjekna (0.20 km2) is a small cirque glacier at the innermost of the valley Luoktekrieppe.
The Riukojekna complex (4.49+ km2) is the only Swedish example of an ice cap in the strictest sense of the word; an ice dome constituting the highest point, with different tongues moving radially outwards. Most of the complex lies in Sweden, and is divided into Nuortap Riukojekna, Lulep Riukojekna, and Årjep Riukojekna. If you count in the Norwegian part the area is 6.10 km2.
Nuortap Riukojekna (2.38+ km2), the largest part of the complex, earlier extended down into lake 1063, but now the tongue has receded back up the slope. Like the other parts this ice cap has few crevasses.
Lulep Riukojekna (0.65 km2) is the part of the complex flowing down straight to the east.
Årjep Riukojekna (1.46+ km2) is the part of the ice cap sliding downwards to the south.
To the north of Kartetjåkka, next to the marked footpath between Unna Allakas and Alesjaure, there is a large snow field. This is no glacier (possibly some dead ice), but at least during the summer of 1995 it displayed a veritable ´icefall´. A chaotic jumble of crossing crevasse systems and bizarre formations, made up of opaque snow-ice.
The only explanation I can think of is that there must have been an ice-dammed lake in the pass. This would have caused substantial calving of the snow field, with a number of small ´icebergs´ as result. Then the dam must have burst, the lake emptied, leaving the crevassed snow and the ´bergs´ stranded. This must then have happened shortly before I came there (days?), since the formations otherwise would have melted away. If so, it should really happen every year.
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