⛰️ Kebnekaise

Sweden · Europe · 2,096 m · 67.88°N, 18.55°E

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Kebnekaise
Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks. The glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) above sea level, but has shrunk by 24 meters during the last 50 years, making the northern icefree peak at 2,096.8 metres (6,879 ft) the highest. Kebnekaise lies in Swedish Lapland, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the Arctic Circle and west of Kiruna near the Kungsleden hiking trail between Abisko and Hemavan.

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Quick facts

CountrySweden
Continent / regionEurope
Elevation2,096 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)67.88°N, 18.55°E · view on map

Kebnekaise rises to 2,096 m in Sweden, in Europe. The full story of this mountain is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Elevation from Wikidata. Coordinates approximate summit. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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