Tarfala Valley (
Swedish
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: ''Tarfaladalen'' or ''Tarfalavagge'',
Northern Sami
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: ''Darfalvággi'') is a valley in
Kiruna Municipality,
Sweden
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. Several glaciers flow into the valley and glaciological research has been conducted since 1946 at the
Tarfala scientific station.
See also
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Kebnekaise
Kebnekaise (; from Sami or , "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks. The glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at above sea leve ...
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Tarfala research station
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Storglaciären
Storglaciären (Swedish for ''The Great Glacier'') is a glacier in Tarfala Valley in the Scandinavian Alps of Kiruna Municipality, Sweden. The glacier is classified as polythermal having both cold and warm bottom temperatures. It was on Storglac ...
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Isfallsglaciären
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Kebnepakteglaciären
References
Valleys of Sweden
Kiruna
Landforms of Norrbotten County
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