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{{Zone
|name = Kebnekaise
|image = [[File: Kebnekaise.JPG|350px]]
|imagetext = Picture taken by [[User: Anniña|Anniña]]
|symbol = [[File:Zontyp08.png|60px]]
|symboltext = [[Summit zones|Summit zone]]
|difficulty = [[File: Difficulty5.png|90px]]
|location = [[Municipality: Kiruna|Kiruna]], [[Region: Norrbotten|Norrbotten]], [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]]
|surface = [[Snow]]
|created = 2014-02-20 11:12:58
|trivia =
}}
'''Kebnekaise''' is a [[zone|turfzone]] in the [[municipality]] of [[Municipality: Kiruna|Kiruna]] in the [[region]] of [[Region: Norrbotten|Norrbotten]] in [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]]. The zone is located in the historical [[province]] of [[Lapland]] and is counted as a [[Summit zones|summit zone]].
==Placement==
This is placed on the south summit of [[Country:Sweden|Sweden's]] highest mountain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebnekaise Kebnekaise].
== Kebnekaise ==
Kebnekaise (from Sami Giebmegáisi or Giebnegáisi, "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in [[Country:Sweden|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 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) above sea level, but has shrunk by 24 meters during the last 50 years, making the northern icefree peak at 2,096.8 metres (6,879 ft) the highest. Kebnekaise lies in [[Country:Sweden|Swedish]] [[Lapland]], about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle Arctic Circle] and west of [[Municipality:Kiruna|Kiruna]] near the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungsleden Kungsleden] [[hiking trail]] between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abisko Abisko] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemavan Hemavan].
== Nearby zones ==
* [[Zone: KebNordtoppen|KebNordtoppen]] (to the northeast)
* [[Zone: NyaTopstugan|NyaTopstugan]] (to the southwest)
== External links ==
* [http://warded.se/turf/zones.php?zone=Kebnekaise Kebnekaise (Warded)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebnekaise Kebnekaise (wikipedia)]
[[Category: Zones]]
[[Category: Summit Zones]]
[[Category: Sweden]]
[[Category: Norrbotten]]
[[Category: Kiruna]]
[[Category: 2014]]
[[sv: Zon:Kebnekaise]]
|name = Kebnekaise
|image = [[File: Kebnekaise.JPG|350px]]
|imagetext = Picture taken by [[User: Anniña|Anniña]]
|symbol = [[File:Zontyp08.png|60px]]
|symboltext = [[Summit zones|Summit zone]]
|difficulty = [[File: Difficulty5.png|90px]]
|location = [[Municipality: Kiruna|Kiruna]], [[Region: Norrbotten|Norrbotten]], [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]]
|surface = [[Snow]]
|created = 2014-02-20 11:12:58
|trivia =
}}
'''Kebnekaise''' is a [[zone|turfzone]] in the [[municipality]] of [[Municipality: Kiruna|Kiruna]] in the [[region]] of [[Region: Norrbotten|Norrbotten]] in [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]]. The zone is located in the historical [[province]] of [[Lapland]] and is counted as a [[Summit zones|summit zone]].
==Placement==
This is placed on the south summit of [[Country:Sweden|Sweden's]] highest mountain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebnekaise Kebnekaise].
== Kebnekaise ==
Kebnekaise (from Sami Giebmegáisi or Giebnegáisi, "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in [[Country:Sweden|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 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) above sea level, but has shrunk by 24 meters during the last 50 years, making the northern icefree peak at 2,096.8 metres (6,879 ft) the highest. Kebnekaise lies in [[Country:Sweden|Swedish]] [[Lapland]], about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle Arctic Circle] and west of [[Municipality:Kiruna|Kiruna]] near the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungsleden Kungsleden] [[hiking trail]] between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abisko Abisko] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemavan Hemavan].
== Nearby zones ==
* [[Zone: KebNordtoppen|KebNordtoppen]] (to the northeast)
* [[Zone: NyaTopstugan|NyaTopstugan]] (to the southwest)
== External links ==
* [http://warded.se/turf/zones.php?zone=Kebnekaise Kebnekaise (Warded)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebnekaise Kebnekaise (wikipedia)]
[[Category: Zones]]
[[Category: Summit Zones]]
[[Category: Sweden]]
[[Category: Norrbotten]]
[[Category: Kiruna]]
[[Category: 2014]]
[[sv: Zon:Kebnekaise]]