Akkajaure
Akkajaure is one of the largest reservoirs in Sweden. It lies at the headwaters of the Lule River in Norrbotten County, in Swedish Lappland, within the Stora Sjöfallet national park.
- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir
- Also known as: “Ahkājavre”, “Áhkajávrre”, “Áhkájávrre”, “Akajaures ezers”, “Vikipedio:Tradukado/ Akkajaure”, “Vikipedio:Tradukado/Lagoj/ Akkajaure”, and “Елливаре”
Akkajaure
- Categories: reservoir, lake water body, and body of water
- Location: Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.63333° or 67° 38′ north
Longitude
17.8° or 17° 48′ east
Elevation
439 metres (1,440 feet)
Open location code
9FVVJRM2+82
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Akkajaure” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Акаяуре”
- Catalan: “Akkajaure”
- Chinese: “阿卡湖”
- Czech: “Akkajaure”
- Dutch: “Akkajaure”
- Esperanto: “Akkajaure”
- Estonian: “Akkajaure”
- Finnish: “Akkajaure”
- French: “Akkajaure”
- German: “Akkajaure”
- Japanese: “アッカ湖”
- Latvian: “Akajaure”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akkajaure”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akkajaure”
- Norwegian: “Akkajaure”
- Polish: “Akkajaure”
- Portuguese: “Akkajaure”
- Russian: “Аккаяуре”
- Russian: “озеро Аккаяуре”
- Spanish: “Akkajaure”
- Swedish: “Akkajaure”
- Ukrainian: “Аккаяуре”
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