Rissajaure
- Area
- 0.25 km²
- Max depth
- 37 m
- Tonight
- 2°CFog · Wind 43 km/h S
Rissajaure is a lake at 811 m above sea level in Norrbotten County, Sweden, 0.25 km² in area and 0.8 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 811 m
- Length
- 0.8 km
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km
Rissajaure in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.3 km≈30 min to walk around
Rissajaure 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Rissajaure terrain and contours
50 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.
Rissajaure elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Rissajaure weather
Tonight · Fog · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 43 km/h S
Rissajaure forecast for about 811 m.
- Tonight2°–43 km/h S
- Today0°3°–43 km/h S
- Sun0°2°–60 km/h SE
- Mon1°3°1.6 mm51 km/h SE
- Tue1°3°–29 km/h E
- Wed2°3°6.2 mm30 km/h W
- Thu2°2°9.0 mm35 km/h W
- Fri1°2°2.1 mm30 km/h W
- Sat0°1°–23 km/h SE
- Sun0°1°–26 km/h W
- Mon0°1°–24 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.
Camping & parking near Rissajaure
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Rissajaure, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
4.1 km N
Nearest parking
5.1 km N
Nearest hut
Låktatjåkkastugan
Nearest caravan site
Vassijaure
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 4.1 km N |
| Parking | 5.1 km N |
| LåktatjåkkastuganHut | 5.2 km ENE |
| Parking | 6.5 km NNW |
| VassijaureCaravan site | 6.5 km NNW |
| Campsite | 8.0 km SW |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 25.1% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 905 m low point 686 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 73 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Moss Campion9
- Moss Bell-heather8
- Northern Lousewort7
- Least Willow6
- Eight-petal Mountain-Avens5
- Common Butterwort5
Where Rissajaure sits
- Region
- Norrbotten County7Sweden23Europe2,143
Nearby places
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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 2025 (scene 2025-09-30)
- 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)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)