Scandinavian Mountains
The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the fjords of Norway, whereas to the northeast they gradually curve towards Finland.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 590 metres
- Description: mountain range in Finland, Norway and Sweden
- Also known as: “Alpe Eskandinabiarren”, “Alpi Scandinave”, “Alpii Scandinavi”, “De skandinaviske bjerge”, “Eskandinaviako mendiak”, “Eskandinaviar Alpeak”, “Eskandinaviar Mendiak”, “Fjällen”, “Fjällkedjan”, “Kabundukang Escandinavo”, “Kabundukang Eskandinabo”, “Kiöel”, “Kiolen”, “Kiölen Mountains”, “Kjolen”, “Kjølen”, “Kjölen Fjeldene”, “Koelen”, “Kölivuoret”, “Kölivuoristo”, “Montagne scandinave”, “Montes Escandinavos”, “Muntanyes escandinaves”, “Noorse hooggebergte”, “Scandes”, “Scandinavi”, “Scandinavisch gebergte”, “Skanden”, “Skandinaavia mäed”, “Skandinaviska bergen”, “Skandinaviska bergskedjan”, “Skandinaviska fjällen”, “Skandinaviska fjällkedjan”, “Skandinaviska Kaledoniderna”, “Skandinaviske Bjergkæde”, “Skandinávské hory”, “Skandy”, “The Keel”, “სკანდინავიის ალპები”, “سلسلة الجبال الاسكندنافية”, “سلسله الجبال الإسكندنافيه”, “スカンジナビア山脈”, “スカンディナビア山脈”, and “斯堪的那維亞山脈”
Scandinavian Mountains
- Categories: non-geologically related mountain range and landform
- Location: Røyrvik, Trøndelag, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65° north
Longitude
14° east
Elevation
590 metres (1,936 feet)
Open location code
9FQP2222+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Scandinavian Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Skandinawiese bergreeks”
- Arabic: “سلسلة الجبال الإسكندنافية”
- Armenian: “Սկանդինավյան լեռներ”
- Asturian: “Alpes escandinavos”
- Bashkir: “Скандинавия тауҙары”
- Basque: “Eskandinaviako Alpeak”
- Belarusian: “Скандынаўскія горы”
- Bulgarian: “Скандинавски планини”
- Catalan: “Alps Escandinaus”
- Cebuano: “Kölen”
- Central Kurdish: “چیاکانی سکاندیناڤیا”
- Chinese: “斯堪的納維亞山脈”
- Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚山脉”
- Chuvash: “Скандинави тăвĕсем”
- Croatian: “Skandinavsko gorje”
- Czech: “Skandinávské pohoří”
- Danish: “Skandinaviske bjerge”
- Dutch: “Scandinavisch Hoogland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سلسلة الجبال الاسكندنافيه”
- Esperanto: “Skandinava Montaro”
- Esperanto: “Skandinavia Montaro”
- Estonian: “Skandinaavia mäestik”
- Finnish: “Skandit”
- French: “Alpes scandinaves”
- Galician: “Alpes Escandinavos”
- Georgian: “სკანდინავიის მთები”
- German: “Skandinavisches Gebirge”
- Greek: “Σκανδιναβικά Όρη”
- Hebrew: “הרי סקנדינביה”
- Hindi: “स्कैंडिनेवियाई पहाड़”
- Hungarian: “Skandináv-hegység”
- Icelandic: “Skandinavíufjöll”
- Italian: “Monti Scandinavi”
- Japanese: “スカンディナヴィア山脈”
- Kazakh: “Skandïnavïya tawları”
- Kazakh: “Скандинавия таулары”
- Kazakh: “سكاندىيناۆىييا تاۋلارى”
- Korean: “스칸디나비아 산맥”
- Korean: “스칸디나비아산맥”
- Ladin: “Crëps de la Scandinavia”
- Latin: “Montes Scandinaviae”
- Latvian: “Skandināvijas kalni”
- Lithuanian: “Skandinavijos kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Скандинавски Планини”
- Malagasy: “Tandavan-tendrombohitra Skandinaviana”
- Malayalam: “സ്കാൻഡിനേവിയൻ മലനിരകൾ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Skandinavia Soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Northern Frisian: “Skandinaawisk Berger”
- Northern Sami: “Skánddat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De skandinaviske fjellene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei skandinaviske fjella”
- Norwegian: “Den skandinaviske fjellkjede”
- Panjabi: “ਸਕੈਂਡੀਨੇਵੀਆਈ ਪਹਾੜ”
- Persian: “رشتهکوه اسکاندیناوی”
- Polish: “Góry Skandynawskie”
- Portuguese: “Alpes Escandinavos”
- Romanian: “Alpii Scandinaviei”
- Romanian: “Munții Scandinavi”
- Russian: “Скандинавские горы”
- Scots: “Scandinavian Moontains”
- Serbian: “Скандинавске планине”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Skandinavski masiv”
- Slovak: “Škandinávske vrchy”
- Slovenian: “Skandinavsko gorovje”
- Spanish: “Alpes escandinavos”
- Swahili: “Milima ya Skandinavia”
- Swedish: “Skanderna”
- Tagalog: “Bulubunduking Eskandinabo”
- Tamil: “எசுக்காண்டினாவிய மலைகள்”
- Tatar: “Скандинавия таулары”
- Thai: “เทือกเขาสแกนดิเนเวีย”
- Turkish: “İskandinav Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Скандинавські гори”
- Urdu: “سلسلہ کوہ اسکینڈے نیویا”
- Uzbek: “Skandinaviya togʻlari”
- Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Scandinavia”
- Western Frisian: “Skandinavysk Heechlân”
- Western Panjabi: “سکینڈینیویائی”
- Wu Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚山脉”
- Yue Chinese: “斯堪的納維亞山脈”
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