Pieljekaise National Park
Pieljekaise is a Swedish national park. It lies about 10 km south of Jäkkvik in Arjeplog Municipality, Lappland. The park covers an area of 153.4 km2. It consists largely of birch woods.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 790 metres
- Description: national park
- Also known as: “OErfjaell”, “Örfjäll”, and “Pieljekaise”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jäkkvik.
Jäkkvik
Village
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Jäkkvik is a small village in Norrbotten County, located along the Kungsleden hiking trail in Arjeplog Municipality. It lies on the shores of Lake Hornavan and is surrounded by mountainous terrain, making it a common stop for hikers and snowmobilers. Jäkkvik is situated 6 km north of Pieljekaise National Park.
Pieljekaise National Park
- Categories: national park and landform
- Location: Arjeplog Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Pieljekaise National Park” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pieljekaise Parke Nazionala”
- Cebuano: “Peljekaisse”
- Chinese: “皮耶利耶山国家公园”
- Czech: “Národní park Pieljekaise”
- Danish: “Pieljekaise Nationalpark”
- Danish: “Pieljekaise”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Pieljekaise”
- Dutch: “Pieljekaise”
- Estonian: “Pieljekaise rahvuspark”
- Finnish: “Pieljekaise”
- French: “parc national de Pieljekaise”
- French: “Parc national de Pieljekaise”
- French: “Pieljekaise”
- Galician: “Parque Nacional Pieljekaise”
- Georgian: “პიელიეკაისეს ეროვნული პარკი”
- German: “Nationalpark Pieljekaise”
- German: “Pieljekaise”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Pieljekaise”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Pieljekaise”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale Pieljekaise”
- Macedonian: “Пиелјекајсе (национален парк)”
- Macedonian: “Пиелјекајсе”
- Malayalam: “പൈൽജെക്കൈസ് ദേശീയോദ്യാനം”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pieljekaise nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pieljekaise”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pieljekaise”
- Norwegian: “Pieljekaise nasjonalpark”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Pieljekaise”
- Polish: “Pieljekaise”
- Portuguese: “Pieljekaise”
- Romanian: “Pieljekaise”
- Russian: “Пиельекайсе”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Pieljekaise”
- Spanish: “Pieljekaise”
- Swedish: “Pieljekaise”
- Ukrainian: “Пієльєкайсе”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Pieljekaise”
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