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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 590 metres
- Description: mountain range in Finland, Norway and Sweden
- Also known as: “Kiöel”, “Kiolen”, “Kiölen Mountains”, “Kjölen Fjeldene”, “Koelen”, “Scandes”, and “The Keel”
Scandinavian Mountains
- Categories: non-geologically related mountain range and landform
- Location: Røyrvik, Trøndelag, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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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”
- Arabic: “سلسلة الجبال الاسكندنافية”
- Arabic: “سلسله الجبال الإسكندنافيه”
- Armenian: “Սկանդինավյան լեռներ”
- Asturian: “Alpes escandinavos”
- Bashkir: “Скандинавия тауҙары”
- Basque: “Alpe Eskandinabiarren”
- Basque: “Eskandinaviako Alpeak”
- Basque: “Eskandinaviako mendiak”
- Basque: “Eskandinaviar Alpeak”
- Basque: “Eskandinaviar Mendiak”
- Belarusian: “Скандынаўскія горы”
- Bulgarian: “Скандинавски планини”
- Catalan: “Alps Escandinaus”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes escandinaves”
- Cebuano: “Kölen”
- Central Kurdish: “چیاکانی سکاندیناڤیا”
- Chinese: “Skandinavia Soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Chinese: “斯堪的納維亞山脈”
- Chinese: “斯堪的纳维亚山脉”
- Chinese: “斯堪的那維亞山脈”
- Chuvash: “Скандинави тăвĕсем”
- Croatian: “Skandinavsko gorje”
- Czech: “Skandinávské hory”
- Czech: “Skandinávské pohoří”
- Czech: “Skandy”
- Danish: “De skandinaviske bjerge”
- Danish: “Kjølen”
- Danish: “Skandinaviske bjerge”
- Danish: “Skandinaviske Bjergkæde”
- Dutch: “Noorse hooggebergte”
- Dutch: “Scandinavisch gebergte”
- Dutch: “Scandinavisch Hoogland”
- Esperanto: “Skandinava Montaro”
- Esperanto: “Skandinavia Montaro”
- Estonian: “Skandinaavia mäed”
- Estonian: “Skandinaavia mäestik”
- Finnish: “Kölivuoret”
- Finnish: “Kölivuoristo”
- Finnish: “Skandit”
- French: “Alpes scandinaves”
- French: “Scandes”
- Galician: “Alpes Escandinavos”
- Georgian: “სკანდინავიის ალპები”
- Georgian: “სკანდინავიის მთები”
- German: “Skanden”
- German: “Skandinavisches Gebirge”
- Greek: “Σκανδιναβικά Όρη”
- Hebrew: “הרי סקנדינביה”
- Hindi: “स्कैंडिनेवियाई पहाड़”
- Hungarian: “Skandináv-hegység”
- Icelandic: “Skandinavíufjöll”
- Italian: “Alpi Scandinave”
- Italian: “Montagne scandinave”
- Italian: “Monti Scandinavi”
- Japanese: “スカンジナビア山脈”
- Japanese: “スカンディナヴィア山脈”
- Japanese: “スカンディナビア山脈”
- 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 Nynorsk: “Skanderna”
- Norwegian: “Den skandinaviske fjellkjede”
- Panjabi: “ਸਕੈਂਡੀਨੇਵੀਆਈ ਪਹਾੜ”
- Persian: “رشتهکوه اسکاندیناوی”
- Polish: “Góry Skandynawskie”
- Polish: “Kjølen”
- Portuguese: “Alpes Escandinavos”
- Romanian: “Alpii Scandinavi”
- Romanian: “Alpii Scandinaviei”
- Romanian: “Munții Scandinavi”
- Romanian: “Scandinavi”
- Russian: “Скандинавские горы”
- Scots: “Scandinavian Moontains”
- Serbian: “Скандинавске планине”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Skandinavski masiv”
- Slovak: “Škandinávske vrchy”
- Slovenian: “Skandinavsko gorovje”
- Spanish: “Alpes escandinavos”
- Spanish: “Kjolen”
- Spanish: “Kjølen”
- Spanish: “Montes Escandinavos”
- Swahili: “Milima ya Skandinavia”
- Swedish: “Fjällen”
- Swedish: “Fjällkedjan”
- Swedish: “Skanderna”
- Swedish: “Skandinaviska bergen”
- Swedish: “Skandinaviska bergskedjan”
- Swedish: “Skandinaviska fjällen”
- Swedish: “Skandinaviska fjällkedjan”
- Swedish: “Skandinaviska Kaledoniderna”
- Tagalog: “Bulubunduking Eskandinabo”
- Tagalog: “Kabundukang Escandinavo”
- Tagalog: “Kabundukang 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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