🌊 Luossajärvi

Sweden · Europe · 498 m · 67.86°N, 20.19°E

Luossajärvi is a small 260-acre (1.1 km2) lake in Kiruna in northern Sweden beside Luossavaara. The mining company LKAB has gradually emptied the southern part of the lake in 2007–8 to allow mining of iron ore in the peat bog. These drained areas today consist of mostly marshes.

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Quick facts

Country	Sweden
Continent / region	Europe
Surface elevation	498 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	67.86°N, 20.19°E · view on map

Luossajärvi sits at 498 m in Sweden, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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