The above image is of Lapporten (Northern Sami: Čuonjávággi, “Tjuonavagge”) clicked by the road(in Abisko) to Narvik. The frozen Torneträsk lake can be seen on the left.
Lapporten is Sweden’s most widely clicked/familiar mountain pair. Geographically, it is a u-valley which is formed when several glaciers make their way down mountain slopes . When the glacier melts, it leaves at the bottom of the U-valley all the rocks and gravel it previously picked up and transported within it. U-valleys often have different steep sides, as erosion has occurred asymmetrically or as different types of rock on the sides may have different resistances.
No, it is NOT a fjörd. When a U-shaped valley extends into saltwater, becoming an inlet of the sea, it is called a fjord, from the Norwegian word for these features that are common in Norway.
I caught the first glimpse of this valley in December 2015 when the days were hardly 4 hours long, but it was unusually warm in Abisko.
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