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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Kebnekaise mountain

                Kebnekaise (Giebmegáisi or Giebnegáisi) is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian Mountains (Skanderna), has two peaks, of which the southern, glaciated one is highest at 2,106 metres (6,909 ft) above sea level at the latest time of measurement. 
                Kebnekaise lies in Lapland, about 150 kilometres (ca. 90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle and west of Kiruna near the popular Kungsleden hiking trail between Abisko and Nikkaluokta. In mainland Europe, there are no higher mountains further north.
                 It is said that an area (of both Sweden and Norway) corresponding to 9% of Sweden's surface area can be seen from the summit, which approximates to more than 40,000 km².

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