Norrland
Norrbotten County
Kiruna Municipality

Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in . The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the , has two main peaks. The glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at 2,120 metres above sea level, but has shrunk by 24 meters during the last 50 years, making the northern icefree peak at 2,096.8 metres the highest.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,097 metres
  • Description: Sweden’s highest mountain
  • Also known as: “Kebnekaise sydtoppen”
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Björlings glaciär and Storglaciären.

Glacier
Photo: Pöllö, CC BY 2.5.
is a glacier.

Glacier
Photo: GPSLeo, CC0.
is a in in the of , . The glacier is classified as polythermal having both cold and warm bottom temperatures.

Peak
Photo: Helleborus, Public domain.
is a mountain situated between Duolbagorni and Giebmegáisi in Lapland in northern . The western trail to the summit of Giebmegáisi goes right over , so hikers choosing that route lose 200 meters in altitude before starting to mount the actual Giebmegáisi massif.

Kebnekaise

Latitude
67.90078° or 67° 54′ 3″ north
Longitude
18.5169° or 18° 31′ 1″ east
Elevation
2,097 metres (6,880 feet)
Open location code
9FVWWG28+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 510337325
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2701066
Wiki­data ID
Q214011
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Kebnekaise” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيبنيكايس”
  • Armenian: “Կեբնեկայսե”
  • Basque: “Kebnekaise”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Кебнекайсэ”
  • Belarusian: “Кебнекайсэ”
  • Belarusian: “Кебнэкайсэ”
  • Breton: “Kebnekaise”
  • Bulgarian: “Кебнекайзе”
  • Bulgarian: “Кебнекайсе”
  • Catalan: “Kebnekaise”
  • Cebuano: “Kebnekaise Sydtopp”
  • Chinese: “凯布讷山”
  • Chinese: “凱布訥山”
  • Chinese: “凱布訥峰”
  • Croatian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Czech: “Kebnekaise”
  • Czech: “Kebnekajse”
  • Czech: “nejvyšší hora Švédska”
  • Danish: “Giebmegáisi”
  • Danish: “Giebnegáisi”
  • Danish: “Kebnekaise”
  • Dutch: “Kebnekaise”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كيبنيكايس”
  • Esperanto: “Giebmegáisi”
  • Esperanto: “Giebnegáisi”
  • Esperanto: “Kebnekaise”
  • Estonian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Finnish: “Kebnekaise”
  • Finnish: “Kebnekajse”
  • French: “Kebnekaise”
  • French: “Mont Kebnekaise”
  • Galician: “Kebnekaise”
  • Georgian: “კებნეკაისე”
  • German: “Kebnekaise”
  • German: “Kebnekajse”
  • Hebrew: “קבנקאיסה”
  • Hebrew: “קבנקייסה”
  • Hungarian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Icelandic: “Kebnekaise”
  • Interlingue: “Kebnekaise”
  • Italian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Japanese: “ケブネカイセ”
  • Korean: “케브네카이세산”
  • Ladin: “Kebnekaise”
  • Latin: “Kebnekaise”
  • Latvian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Lithuanian: “Kebnekaisė”
  • Lombard: “Kebnekaise”
  • Macedonian: “Кебнекајсе”
  • Maori: “Kebnekaise”
  • Northern Sami: “Giebmegáisi”
  • Northern Sami: “Giebnegáisi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Giebmegáisi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Giebnegáisi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kebnekaise”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kebnekaisemassivet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kebnekajse”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kebnekaise”
  • Norwegian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Persian: “کبنه‌کایزه”
  • Polish: “Kebnekaise”
  • Portuguese: “Kebnekaise”
  • Romanian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Russian: “Кебнекайсе”
  • Scots: “Kebnekaise”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Slovak: “Kebnekaise”
  • Slovenian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Slovenian: “Kebnekajse”
  • Spanish: “Kebnekaise”
  • Swahili: “Kebnekaise”
  • Swedish: “Kebenekaise”
  • Swedish: “Kebenekajse”
  • Swedish: “Kebnekaise”
  • Swedish: “Kebnepakte”
  • Swedish: “Kebnetjåkka”
  • Turkish: “Kebnekaise Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Кебнекайсе”
  • Uzbek: “Kebnekayse”
  • Venetian: “Kebnekaise”
  • Vietnamese: “Kebnekaise”
  • Western Frisian: “Kebnekaise”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kebnekaise Fjällstation and Kebnekaise.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kebnekaise nordtoppen and Rabots Glacier.

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