Kebne Kaise [Mountain] (English spelling)

Japanese: ケブネカイセ[山]（英語表記）Kebne Kaise

This mountain range of approximately 3,000 km2 includes Sweden's highest peak (2,111 m), and lies at latitude 68° north, west of the famous iron mining town of Kiruna. The last remaining ice sheets from the glacial period have carved deep U-shaped valleys into the old peneplain, forming cliffs and many cirques. The mountain range is a national park, and is a popular spot for mountain skiing in the spring and rock climbing in the summer. The Kalix River flows out from here and flows into the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia. Narvik (Norway), the shipping port for Kiruna iron ore, is 80 km northwest. [Ota Masahide]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スウェーデンの最高峰(2111m)を含む約3000km2の山塊で，北緯68゜にあり，有名な鉄鉱山町キルナの西方にある。氷河期の氷床が最後まで残り，古い準平原に深いU字谷を刻んで絶壁をつくり，圏谷も多い。この山塊は国立公園で，春の山スキーや夏の岩登りの名所である。ここから流れ出すカリックス川は，ボスニア湾の最北部に流れこむ。北西80kmには，キルナ鉄鉱石の積出港ナルビク(ノルウェー領)がある。【太田昌秀】

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