Storglaciären
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 1,480 metres
- Description: glacier in Sweden
- Also known as: “Storglaciaeren”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isfallsglaciären and Lillsjön.
Tarfala research station
Research institute
The Tarfala research station is a field station of Stockholm University. The station is situated in the Tarfala Valley in northern Sweden. It specializes in glacial, periglacial and climatological research.
Storglaciären
- Category: landform
- Location: Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.90603° or 67° 54′ 22″ northLongitude
18.56785° or 18° 34′ 4″ eastElevation
1,480 metres (4,856 feet)Open location code
9FVWWH49+C4OpenStreetMap ID
way 407174825OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Storglaciären” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Storglaciären”
- Chinese: “大冰河”
- Czech: “Storglaciären”
- Danish: “Storgletsjeren”
- Dutch: “Storglaciären”
- French: “Storglaciären”
- German: “Storglaciären”
- Macedonian: “Голем Ледник”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Storglaciären”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Storglaciären”
- Norwegian: “Storglaciären”
- Persian: “یخچال طبیعی بزرگ”
- Spanish: “Storglaciären”
- Swedish: “Storglaciären”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kebnekaise Fjällstation and Kebnekaise.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kebnekaise nordtoppen and STF Tarfala Mountain cabin.
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