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Aavasaksa

242 m794 ft

Prominence: 178 m582 ft
Isolation: 6.5 km
Tonight: 3°CCloudy · Wind 9 km/h SE

Aavasaksa is a 242 m (794 ft) mountain in the Scandinavian Mountains, Lapland, Finland.

All facts

Elevation: 242 m · 794 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ylläs (718 m)
Range: Scandinavian Mountains
Region: Lapland, Finland
Coordinates: 66.3979° N, 23.7258° E

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3D map

Aavasaksa 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Aavasaksa terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

Aavasaksa elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Aavasaksa weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 9 km/h SE

Aavasaksa forecast for the summit, about 242 m.

Tonight3°–9 km/h SE
Today4°5°1.8 mm13 km/h S
Sun5°6°0.8 mm17 km/h SE
Mon6°7°8.2 mm17 km/h SE
Tue6°6°4.1 mm20 km/h S
Wed6°8°1.7 mm20 km/h S
Thu4°6°–14 km/h NW
Fri-1°5°–11 km/h N
Sat1°4°–10 km/h S
Sun2°4°–10 km/h S
Mon0°2°–10 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 00:30 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 198 m low point 45 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.7%Grassland 16.0%Water 11.3%Cropland 4.3%Built-up 1.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 48 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Black crowberry3
Long-leaved Speedwell3
Concentric Ring Lichen3
White Wagtail2
Common toadflax2
Common bilberry2

Where it sits

Where Aavasaksa sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

RukatunturiPeak · 493 m243 km E

Aavasaksa downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGAavasaksa satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 243 m at the summit; the official height is 242 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	242 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	243 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	239 m	-3 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-27)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia