Luossavaara
Luossavaara is a mountain in Kiruna, Sweden. It is the site of a now-inactive iron ore mine formerly operated by the Swedish mining company LKAB. Today it has a ski lift and slope, as well as a hiking path called Midnattsolstigen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kiruna Railway station and Yli Lompolo.
Kiruna Railway station
Railway station
Photo: RefDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kiruna Central Station is a railway station located on the Iron Ore Line in Kiruna, Sweden. The station is served by up to three daily services northwards on the Iron Ore Line to Narvik Station in Norway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiruna and Tuolluvaara.
Kiruna
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Kiruna in Norrbotten County is Sweden's northernmost city and home to 18,000 citizens. It is the centre of Kiruna Municipality, Kiruna kommun, which also includes several small villages, resorts and settlements scattered around a large wilderness area.
Kurravaara
Village
Photo: Gerrit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kurravaara is a village 12 km north of Kiruna in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 57 inhabitants in 2005. It is the first village on the Torne River near lake Kallojärvi at 322 meter and is also close to the Rautas River. Kurravaara is situated 10 km northeast of Luossavaara.
Luossavaara
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 724 metres
- Description: southern mountain in Kiruna, Sweden
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.87533° or 67° 52′ 31″ northLongitude
20.22197° or 20° 13′ 19″ eastElevation
724 metres (2,375 feet)Open location code
9GV2V6GC+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1438141238OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Luossavaara” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Луосавара”
- Cebuano: “Luossavaara”
- Dutch: “Luossaberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لوسايڤارا”
- Estonian: “Luossavaara”
- French: “Luossavaara”
- German: “Luossavaara”
- Ladin: “Luossavaara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luossavaara”
- Polish: “Luossavaara”
- Spanish: “Luossavaara”
- Swedish: “Loussavaara”
- Swedish: “Luossavaara”
- Swedish: “Luossavaaragruvan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Karhuniemi and Luossavaara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Luossavaaragruvan and Luossavaarabacken.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Luossavaara”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.