Tarfala

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The lake of Tarfala with the Kebnepakteglaciär and the Kaskasapakte (2076 m).

Tarfala is a basin in the historic northern Swedish province of Lapland , into which three glaciers flow. In the valley, in the Kebnekaise area, there is a hut belonging to Svenska Turistföreningen and a glacier research station, from which the glaciers are observed and their decline is documented. The best-known and most-studied glacier is the Storglaciären , on which mass balance measurements have been carried out every year since 1945 , the longest complete series of measurements in the world. The research station is operated by Stockholm University .

The Drakryggen mountain (1821 m).

The mountains Kaskasapakte , Drakryggen and the Kebnekaise are located in the high alpine environment .

climate

Due to the altitude, the climate of Tarfala can be described as a polar tundra climate ( effective climate classification : ET), as no month reaches an average temperature of over 10 ° C.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Tarfala 1961–1990
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Temperature ( ° C ) -11.8 -11.3 -10.6 -7.5 -1.9 3.2 6.4 5.3 0.8 -3.9 -7.9 -10.7 O −4.1
Precipitation ( mm ) 29.3 26.5 26.8 27.0 35.1 48.8 87.1 77.9 57.0 51.4 41.7 34.3 Σ 542.9
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26.5
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51.4
41.7
34.3
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: SMHI
at the Kebnepakteglaciär, view of Tarfala.

Web links

Commons : Tarfala  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 67 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  E