Abisko

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Abisko
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Abisko
Abisko
Localization of Norrbotten in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Norrbotten County
Historical Province (landskap): Lapland
Municipality  : Kiruna
Coordinates : 68 ° 21 ′  N , 18 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 68 ° 21 ′  N , 18 ° 50 ′  E
SCB code : S9013
Status: Småort
Residents : 131 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 0.65 km²
Population density : 202 inhabitants / km²
Height : 385  m above sea level

Abisko is a place ( småort ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historical province (landskap) Lapland .

It is 195 km north of the Arctic Circle and 39 km by road east of the Swedish- Norwegian border at an altitude of 385 m above sea level. The town with 131 inhabitants (2015) in the municipality of Kiruna is located on the southern shore of Lake Torneträsk .

In the immediate vicinity is the Abisko National Park, founded in 1909 . Abisko is on the European route 10 and the railway line from Kiruna to Narvik (Norway). The local train station is called Abisko Östra and should not be confused with the Abisko turiststation stop . Nearby there are ski areas with guaranteed snow until June.

Hikers can stay overnight in the Abisko turist station, which opened in 1902 and is located around 2 km west of the village . This is the northern starting point or end point of the Kungsleden long-distance hiking trail . Like the other huts along the Kungsleden, the Abisko turiststation is operated by the Swedish Tourist Association ( STF ).

A striking landscape landmark of the place is the large, almost semicircular trough valley Lapporten between the two mountains Tjuonatjåkka ( 1554  m above sea level ) and Nissuntjårro ( 1738  m above sea level ). The name Abisko goes back to the North Sami name Ábeskovvu , with the prefix áphi , a Nordic loan word for lake, and the suffix being associated with the Swedish and Norwegian skog for forest. The name is therefore interpreted as the forest by the lake (lake, i.e. Torneträsk).

Abisko is a research station, the Abisko Scientific Research Station (Swedish Abisko naturvetenskapliga station ) that until 1 December 2010 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) was operated and since then the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat ( Polarforskningssekretariatet ) settled is .

  • The Abisko Östra train station

  • Lapporten

climate

Abisko is the driest place in Sweden.

Abisko 1961–1990
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: SMHI
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Abisko 1961–1990
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Temperature ( ° C ) −11.9 −10.9 −7.9 −2.8 3.1 8.4 11.0 9.7 5.2 0.3 −5.0 −9.1 O −0.8
Precipitation ( mm ) 24.7 18.7 15.3 12.0 13.2 22.2 53.7 44.6 23.3 27.7 22.4 25.9 Σ 303.7
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Source: SMHI

literature

  • Klaus Böldl: South of Abisko . Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt a. M. 2004, ISBN 3-596-16711-6 .

Web links

Commons : Abisko  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorter 2015, byggnader, areal, överlapp tatorter, coordinater (Excel file)
  2. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Norrbotten - Bevarandeplan Natura 2000 , p. 4. (PDF; 907 kB)
  3. ↑ Svenskt local dictionary . Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI), Uppsala 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X , p. 17.