Sarek topographic map
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Sarek
Sarek National Park is the most mountainous region in Sweden and it is the part of the country that mostly resembles an alpine countryside. Within the park are 19 summits higher than 1,900 m (6,200 ft), the most noted being the second highest summit in Sweden after the Kebnekaise – the Sarektjåkkå with a height of 2,089 m (6,854 ft). The lowest altitude in the park is found in the southwest, near Lake Rittakjaure, at 477 m (1,565 ft).
About this map
Name: Sarek topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Sarek, Sweden (67.03219 17.07337 67.56400 18.28354)
Average elevation: 994 m
Minimum elevation: 375 m
Maximum elevation: 2,052 m
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