Nikkaluokta
Nikkaluokta is a Swedish Sami village in Norrbotten County. The village belongs to Gällivare Municipality, bordering Kiruna Municipality, the closest urban area some 60 kilometers away.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Njaelkies Lea, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 22 residents
- Description: human settlement in Gällivare Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Nikkulahti”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nikkaluokta Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kebnekaise and Pirttivuopio.
Kebnekaise
Photo: Mazurw, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kebnekaise is the tallest mountain in Sweden, at 2,093 metres above sea level. It is in Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County. Nikkaluokta is the only settlement in the Kebnekaise area, at the border of the Gällivare and Kiruna municipalities.
Pirttivuopio
Hamlet
Nikkaluokta
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.85136° or 67° 51′ 5″ northLongitude
19.01542° or 19° 0′ 56″ eastPopulation
22Elevation
453 metres (1,486 feet)Open location code
9FVXV228+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 344444258OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2689715Wikidata ID
Q1572801
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Nikkaluokta” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Nikkaluokta”
- Danish: “Nikkaloukta”
- Danish: “Nikkaluokta”
- Dutch: “Nikkaluokta”
- Esperanto: “Nikkaluokta”
- Finnish: “Nikkaluokta”
- French: “Nikkaluokta”
- German: “Nikkaluokta”
- Irish: “Nikkaluokta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nikkaluokta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikkaluokta”
- Norwegian: “Nikkaluokta”
- Polish: “Nikkaluokta”
- Portuguese: “Nikkaluokta”
- Swedish: “Nikkaluokta”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Årosjokk and Kebnekaise Fjällstation.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Njálmmádagat and Fångstropar / Trapping Pits.
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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 “Nikkaluokta”. Photo: Njaelkies Lea, CC BY-SA 3.0.