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. To the north they form the border between Norway and Sweden, reaching 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high at the Arctic Circle. The mountain range just touches northwesternmost Finland but are scarcely more than hills at their northernmost extension at the North Cape (Nordkapp).
The mountains are relatively high for a range so young and are very steep in places; Galdhøpiggen in South Norway is the highest peak in mainland Northern Europe, at 2,469 metres (8,100 ft); Kebnekaise is the highest peak on the Swedish side, at 2,104 m (6,903 ft), whereas the slope of Halti is the highest point in Finland, at 1,324 m (4,344 ft), although the peak of Halti is situated in Norway.
The Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands terrestrial ecoregion is closely associated with the mountain range.
^"Galdhøpiggen". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 July 2010.
^ abLindström, Maurits. "fjällkedjan". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 July 2010.
and 26 Related for: Scandinavian Mountains information
The ScandinavianMountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously...
the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavianmountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of...
Scandinavia Scandinavians, ethnic groups originating in Scandinavia, irrespective of ethnolinguistic affiliation ScandinavianMountains, a mountain range on...
Norway. These mountains also have the largest glacier on the mainland of Europe, Jostedalsbreen. About one quarter of the Scandinavian Peninsula lies...
it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and the ScandinavianMountains at 1,700 km (1,100 mi). The range...
ice sheet (the Fenno-Scandian ice sheet) that spread out from the ScandinavianMountains and extended as far as the east coast of Schleswig-Holstein, northern...
The Scandinavianmountains includes the largest glaciers on the European mainland (Jostedalsbreen, Svartisen), Northern Europe's highest mountains (Jotunheimen)...
The ScandinavianMountains are the most defining feature of the country. Starting with Setesdalsheiene north of the Skagerrak coast, the mountains are...
Norwegian Mountain Touring Association at intervals that allow for weeks of uninterrupted hiking or cross-country skiing in the mountains. Scandinavian mountains...
Öland are made up of limestone. A few rauks are located in the ScandinavianMountains in northern Sweden's Sarek and Padjelanta national parks. In Norway...
only a tiny "mountain root" beneath the southern ScandinavianMountains and no "root" at all in the north. Further, the Caledonian Mountains in Scandinavia...
a Himalayas-sized mountain range named the Caledonian Mountains roughly over the same area as the present-day ScandinavianMountains. During the Caledonian...
Arakan/Rakhine Mountains – 950 km (590 mi) Hengduan Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) as a system of mountain ranges Ogo Mountains – 900 km (560 mi) Koryak Mountains – 880 km...
long range known as the ScandinavianMountains. The 29 highest mountains in Norway are all located in the Jotunheimen mountains, including the 2,469-metre...
Nordic countries. The ScandinavianMountains dominate the landscape of Norway. The southern part of the ScandinavianMountains is broader than the northern...
orogenic mountains there is no widely accepted geophysical model that explains elevated passive continental margins such as the ScandinavianMountains, eastern...
Trollheimen is a mountain range in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in central Norway. The mountain range is part of the ScandinavianMountains. The name...
the Eastern Rift mountains of Africa, the Snowy Mountains of Australia, the South Island of New Zealand, and the Scandinavianmountains. Alpine tundra occupies...
in S20". routesonline.com. "TUI lanserar sju nya flyglinjer till ScandinavianMountains Airport Sälen-Trysil". Mynewsdesk. 21 October 2020. "TUIfly Nordic...
Macedonia and Greece ScandinavianMountains, a mountain range which runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula, includes the Kjølen mountains Scottish Highlands...
(6,880 ft) (August 2018). It is in the ScandinavianMountains chain, in the province of Lapland. The mountain has two peaks, of which the glaciated southern...
However, in the northern regions, including areas bordering the ScandinavianMountains, the terrain features mountainous elevations. At 1,324 metres (4...
mountain chain. The northern plains are delimited in the west by the ScandinavianMountains and the mountainous parts of the British Isles. The southern mountainous...
definition of the country as an "indivisible and inalienable" realm. ScandinavianMountains Extreme points of Finland List of highest points of European countries...
interior, there are several ski resorts in the southern parts of the ScandinavianMountains. Two large rivers run through Svealand. Klarälven originates in...
areas of Europe, alongside the Caucasus Mountains, Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains and ScandinavianMountains.[citation needed] They are formed largely...
Global Information
Sweden
Norway
Finland