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Hornavan

426 m1,398 ft
Area
255 km²
Max depth
228 m
Tonight
5°CRain · Wind 29 km/h SE

Hornavan is a lake at 426 m above sea level in Norrbotten County, Sweden, 255 km² in area and 71.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
426 m
Length
71.6 km
Shoreline
463.4 km
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Lake

Hornavan in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
463.4 km
3D map

Hornavan 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Hornavan terrain and contours

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Hornavan elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Hornavan weather

Tonight · Rain · 5°C (41°F) · 1.7 mm · Wind 29 km/h SE

Hornavan forecast for about 426 m.

  • Tonight5°1.7 mm29 km/h SE
  • Today4°6°0.8 mm34 km/h SE
  • Sun4°6°6.5 mm39 km/h SE
  • Mon5°6°4.9 mm35 km/h SE
  • Tue4°6°6.3 mm22 km/h SE
  • Wed5°7°–27 km/h S
  • Thu5°6°–23 km/h SW
  • Fri3°6°–14 km/h NW
  • Sat3°4°–15 km/h S
  • Sun2°4°–15 km/h S
  • Mon2°4°–15 km/h S

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Hornavan

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hornavan, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking6.5 km NE
Parking6.6 km NE
Parking7.1 km NNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
97.4%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.5%
Steep, 30–45°
0.1%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
401 m low point 425 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.9%Water 30.1%Grassland 15.3%Moss & lichen 1.4%Wetland 0.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Hornavan sits

Region
Norrbotten County7Sweden23Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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

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Sources

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 2026-07-23)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia