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    Abisko (Swedish: [ˈɑ̌ːbɪskʊ]; Northern Sami: Ábeskovvu) is a village in Sápmi (Lapland), in northern Sweden, roughly 200 km north of the Arctic Circle...
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    Töfsingdalen Vadvetjåkka Ängsö Abisko National Park (Swedish: Abisko nationalpark) is a National Park in Sweden, established in 1909. Abisko is situated in the Swedish...
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    in northern Sweden, approximately 467 kilometres (290 mi) long, between Abisko in the north and Hemavan in the south. The full distance breaks down into...
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    (11.19 sq mi). The park's highest point is the Orshöjden (276 m.a.sl). Abisko Åsnen Björnlandet Blå Jungfrun Dalby Söderskog Djurö Fulufjället Färnebofjärden...
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    Abisko National Park, Sweden, one of the first national parks established in Europe...
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    size of Switzerland and quite a bit larger than the island of Ireland. Abisko Björnlandet Muddus Padjelanta Sarek Stora Sjöfallet Vadvetjåkka The traditional...
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    1977. It passes through Øvre Dividal National Park, Reisa National Park, Abisko National Park and Padjelanta National Park as well as the Sulitjelmafjellet...
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    The Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) is a field research station managed by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat. Situated on the south shore...
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    Abiskojokk or Abiskojåkka (Northern Sami: Ábeskoeatnu) is a river in the Abisko National Park in northern Sweden. The upper part of the river is called...
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  • Abisko Åsnen Björnlandet Blå Jungfrun Dalby Söderskog Djurö Fulufjället Färnebofjärden Garphyttan Gotska Sandön Hamra Haparanda Archipelago Koster- havet...
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    was again closed in 1983. In 1990, a tunnel opened under Nuolja between Abisko and Björkliden. Passenger trains were essential for the region until 1984...
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    to the south-east through Torne river. South-west of the lake lies the Abisko National Park and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Laponian area. Torneträsk...
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    Arctic Circle and west of Kiruna near the Kungsleden hiking trail between Abisko and Hemavan. The Kebnekaise massif lies within a range of the Scandinavian...
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  • stretches across Mt. Njulla. With the mountain to the east, the village of Abisko to the south, and bordering Lake Torneträsk, this is a varied-habitat field...
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    Kopperåsen and Tornehamn. On the south shore of Torne lake are Björkliden, Abisko, Stordalen, Kaisepakte. Stenbacken and Torneträsk. On the north shore are...
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    A rock in Abisko, Sweden, fractured (along existing joints) possibly by mechanical frost weathering or thermal stress (a chullo is shown for scale)...
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    Čuonjávággi, "Goose Valley") is a U-shaped valley located just outside Abisko National Park in Lapland in northern Sweden, one of the most familiar natural...
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    A rock in Abisko fractured along existing joints possibly by mechanical frost weathering...
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    A rock in Abisko, Sweden, fractured along existing joints possibly by frost weathering or thermal stress...
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    operated by Falcks Omnibus on behalf of Kiruna Municipality Bus 91 to Abisko - Riksgränsen - Narvik departs one time per day from the airport around...
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  • Abisko Åsnen Björnlandet Blå Jungfrun Dalby Söderskog Djurö Fulufjället Färnebofjärden Garphyttan Gotska Sandön Hamra Haparanda Archipelago Koster- havet...
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  • County. The Laponian area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. National parks: Abisko Muddus Padjelanta Pieljekaise Sarek Stora Sjöfallet Vadvetjåkka National...
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    Two cirques with semi-permanent snowpatches near Abisko National Park, Sweden...
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    The Storflaket peat bog near Abisko in northern Sweden is a permafrost plateau. It shows some signs of collapse such as cracks at its borders....
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    There are road connections from Narvik across the mountains eastwards to Abisko and Kiruna, Sweden (via European route E10). Interestingly, one Narvik citizen...
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  • Much of his work on arctic plants has taken place in Abisko in northernmost Sweden, based at the Abisko Scientific Research Station where he served as director...
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    Abisko Åsnen Björnlandet Blå Jungfrun Dalby Söderskog Djurö Fulufjället Färnebofjärden Garphyttan Gotska Sandön Hamra Haparanda Archipelago Koster- havet...
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    highest mountain Glittertind Falketind in Jotunheimen Landscape between Abisko National Park and Kebnekaise There are 12 peaks in Sweden that reach above...
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    more than 500 metres (1,600 ft) high between the Lapporten mountains near Abisko, Sweden. All of them walked this line from beginning to end without falling...
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    The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) is a long-term international collaboration of researchers examining the responses of arctic and alpine plants...
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