Scandinavian Mountains - Scandinavian Mountains

Japanese: スカンジナビア山地 - スカンジナビアさんち（英語表記）Scandinavian Mountains

This mountain range forms the backbone of the Scandinavian Peninsula, occupying the western half of the peninsula and running along the border with Norway and Sweden in the northern half. It was formed during the Caledonian orogeny about 400 million years ago, but its current height is due to fault movement since the Mesozoic era. During the Quaternary period, it was covered by ice sheets, and erosion carved deep fjords and U-shaped valleys into the uplifted plateau. The rock peaks carved into the ice are steep. Sognefjord is 200 km long, with cliffs on both sides over 1000 m and a depth of 1300 m.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

スカンジナビア半島の脊梁山脈で，半島の西半を占め，北半はノルウェー，スウェーデンの国境に沿う。今から約4億年前のカレドニア造山運動でできた山脈であるが，現在の山地の高さは中生代以後の断層運動によるものである。第四紀には氷床に覆われ，その浸食で隆起高原に深いフィヨルドとU字谷が刻まれた。氷に刻まれた岩峰は急峻である。ソグネフィヨルドSognefjordは長さ200km，両岸の断崖は1000m以上，水深は1300mに達する。

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