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Photo. Borg Mesch.
Mt. Raskasatjåkko, Lappland.
extensive glaciers and well-nigh inaccessible summits, such as: Sarektjåkko
2 090 m, Ålkasfjället 2 010 m, Skuorka 2 019 m, Pellorippe 2 025 m, and
Tjäura 2 042 m. Further westwards the summits do not rise to such a height;
the peak of Sulitelma, just on the Norwegian frontier and formerly supposed
to be the loftiest point in Sweden, attains an altitude of only 1 877 m.
Southwards too the summits decrease in height. Among these may be mentioned
Kuostertjåkko 1 694 m, south of the upper valley of the Pite River, and the
peaks in the vicinity of the northern tributaries of the Skellefte and Ume Rivers
which are from 1 600 to 1 700 m, while Stuorevare, situated in the group known
as the Norra Storfjället close to the principal tributary of the Ume River, has
a height of 1 764 m. In the regions to the south of this district, the summits
hardly attain a greater altitude than 1 200 or 1 400 m. Of the better known
ones Åreskutan is 1 420 m and Anjeskutan 1 199 m. South of the Åre valley
there is a very extensive region the highest summits of which are Storsylen
1 762 m and Helagsfjället 1 796 m. At this point the mountain range turns
westwards into Norway. The southernmost limit of the long chain consists of the
majestic quartzite masses of Härjedalen and northernmost Dalarne; here the chief
summits are: Hundshögen 1 372 m on the borders of Jämtland; Servfjället
1 171 m and Sonfjället 1 277 m in Härjedalen and in the northernmost part
of Dalarne; there is situated the most southerly mountain region in Sweden,
viz. Lingfjällen, including the summits Storvätteshogna 1 204 m, Nipfjället, a
mountain complex with a peak of the same name 1 191 m and Städjan 1 130 m.
Further southwards on the Norwegian boundary-line lie Härjehogna 1 183 m,
Fulufjällen, the loftiest peak of which is Tyskstöten 995, and
Tranastrands-fjällen on the Värmland boundary-line, attaining an altitude of up to 931 m.
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