Tarfala Valley
Tarfala Valley is a valley in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. Several glaciers flow into the valley and glaciological research has been conducted since 1946 at the Tarfala scientific station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include STF Tarfala Mountain cabin and Darfáljávri.
Storglaciären
Glacier
Storglaciären is a glacier in Tarfala Valley in the Scandinavian Mountains of Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. The glacier is classified as polythermal having both cold and warm bottom temperatures.
Tarfala Valley
- Type: Residential area
- Description: valley in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden
- Category: valley
- Location: Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.91909° or 67° 55′ 9″ north
Longitude
18.59969° or 18° 35′ 59″ east
Elevation
1,135 metres (3,724 feet)
Open location code
9FVWWH9X+JV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Tarfala Valley” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Тарфала”
- Chinese: “塔尔法拉谷”
- Danish: “Tarfaladalen”
- Dutch: “Tarfalavallei”
- German: “Tarfala”
- Japanese: “タルファラダーレン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Darfalvaggi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarfala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarfaladalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarfalavagge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Darfalvággi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tarfala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tarfaladalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tarfalavagge”
- Norwegian: “Tarfala”
- Spanish: “Valle de Tarfala”
- Swedish: “Tarfala”
- Swedish: “Tarfaladalen”
- Swedish: “Tarfalavagge”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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