{"id":56290,"date":"2021-07-07T20:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laponia.nu\/?page_id=56290"},"modified":"2023-05-02T11:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T09:32:29","slug":"stora-sjofallet-stuor-muorkke-national-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laponia.nu\/en\/nationalparks-and-nature-reserves\/stora-sjofallet-stuor-muorkke-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuor Muorkke \/ Stora Sj\u00f6fallet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Where the old forests and the high mountains meet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stuor Muorkke\/Stora Sj\u00f6fallet National Park is a varied mountain landscape with everything from old-growth forests, mountain birch forests and vast mountain moors to rugged peaks with snow fields and glaciers. The mighty Stuor Muorkkeg\u00e5rttje waterfall was the national park’s main attraction when it was founded in 1909. Now it is almost dry to provide electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highest point of the national park, 2,015 meters above sea level, is the mighty mountain \u00c1hkk\u00e1 with its 13 peaks and 10 glaciers. On the slopes you can see shapes created by ice sheets and glaciers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u00c1hkk\u00e1 terraces are well-known examples of the ice age delta that formed in ice lakes at the edge of the ice sheet, but which then ended up on dry land when ice and water disappeared. Frozen icebergs, which later melted, have created deep ice pits in the terraces.<\/p>\n\n\n

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