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The glaciers of the Äpar massif

The Äpar massif is a compact high mountain massif between Pastavagge and Pierikjaure-Lietjitjaure in eastern Sarek, containing a number for Swedish conditions very sharp peaks. The highest peaks is Äpartjåkkå and Ruopsoktjåkkå (both 1914 m). The Äpar massif contains 10 glaciers, of which the three large all flows to the north.

Table over the glaciers of the Äpar massif with basic data

1. Pierikpaktejekna

Pierikpaktejekna (0.26 km²) is a small cirque glacier below Pierikpakte. At the turn of the 19th century it was continuos with the larger Pierikjekna. It seems not to have very many crevasses, but displays a wind channel 200 m long and 25 m deep. Even if the glacier is small it hardly is in any risk of disappearing, since it seems to be pretty thick for its size. The snow surplus of the latest years may have had some influence here.

2. Pierikjekna

Pierikjekna (1.90 km²) is the westernmost of the three major valley glaciers on the north side of the Äpar massif. In the beginning of the century it also included the now separate Pierikpaktejekna. The glacier has several crevasse zones, and a possible pass (1635 m) to Äparjekna in its upper part.

3. Nilas glaciär

Nilas glaciär (0.27 km²) is a small cirque glacier south of Nilas kam.

4. Mellantoppsglaciären

Mellantoppsglaciären (0.45 km²) is a cirque glacier west of Äpartjåkkå.

5. Äparjekna

Äparjekna (2.26 km²) is the middle one of the three major northern valley glaciers in Äpar. It is surrounded by savage peaks on all sides, but is itself relatively even and poor in crevasses. There is a possible passage (1635 m) to Pierikjekna in its upper part.

Äparjekna´s snout is divided in two parts, a northern and a southern one.

6. Ruopsokjekna

Ruopsokjekna (3.58 km²), the largest of the glaciers of Äpar, lies in the eastern part of the massif. It is a long, even valley glacier, that doesn´t seem to have very much crevasses. There is a pass (1650 m) to Pastavagge in its upper part. The snout ends in a little lake, where there existed a large ice cave during ther 1980s (melted away now). Don´t confuse it with´the much smaller cirque glacier with the same name in the Pårte massif.

There is more information about, and images of the ice cave at Olaf Svenningsen´s web site.

7. Ruopsokpaktejekna

Ruopsokpaktejekna (0.64 km²), a mid-size cirque glacier, lies in a deeply entrenched bowl between Ruopsokpakte and Ruopsoktjåkkå.

8. Alep Ruopsoktjåkkåjekna

Alep Ruopsoktjåkkåjekna (0.63 km²), a drawn-out cirque glacier, lies in a small valley on the south side of Ruopsoktjåkkå.

9. Lulep Ruopsoktjåkkåjekna

Lulep Ruopsoktjåkkåjekna (0.76 km²) is a cirque glacier lying in a shallow depression on the southeast side of Ruopsoktjåkkå.

10. Nuortap Ruopsoktjåkkåjekna

Nuortap Ruopsoktjåkkåjekna (0.14 km²), a little cirque glacier, lies on the east side of Ruopsoktjåkkå.

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