Áhkká
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, ), is a massif in the southwestern corner of Stora Sjöfallet National Park in northern Sweden.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Lapland (Sweden) and Mountains of Norrbotten County.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Áhkká
- Mountain.photo
- Akka from Ritsem.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Áhkká seen from Ritsem
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2011
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1105
- Mountain.range
- Scandinavian Mountains
- Mountain.translation
- Wife
- Mountain.language
- Lule Sami
- Mountain.location
- Norrbotten County, Sweden
- Mountain.map
- Sweden Norrbotten
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Jokkmokk Municipality
- Elevation
- 2011
- Location
- Stora Sjöfallet National Park
- Image
- Akka mountain.jpg
- Width
- 7
- Length
- 15
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- Commons category
- Akka (Sweden)
- mountain range
- Scandinavian Mountains
- topographic prominence
- 1099
- topographic isolation
- 19.27
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Encyclopedic overview
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, ), is a massif in the southwestern corner of Stora Sjöfallet National Park in northern Sweden.
The massif has twelve individual peaks and ten glaciers, of which Stortoppen is the highest at . This peak is the tenth-highest in Sweden. Most notable is that the mountain has a vertical drop of , from the top of the highest summit down to the lake Akkajaure in the valley below, which is located at . This is the highest vertical drop found in Sweden. Since the lake below the mountain is regulated by a hydroelectric power station, its surface can drop down to , which makes the mountain's vertical drop rise to a maximum of 1,593 m (5,226 ft). Due to the large level differences and the massif being well held together and rather isolated, it looks impressive, earning it the nickname Queen of Lapland. In the Sámi tradition it is a holy mountain, and some hikers regard it with a sense of awe and mystique.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Áhkká” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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