| Torneträsk | |
| Pushpin Map: | Sweden # Sweden Norrbotten |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of lake |
| Location: | Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County |
| Coords: | 68.3667°N 25°W |
| Inflow: | • nameless flow from a little glacier south of lake Válfojávri (Nordland, Norway) → river Válfojohka → lake Gamajávri → river Kamajåkka → lake Abiskojaure → river Abiskojåkka • river Njuoreatnu • river Rágeseatnu • lake Koojärvi → river Stalojåkka • river Nakerijoki • river Sarvájohka • river Bessešjohka |
| Outflow: | Torne River |
| Basin Countries: | Sweden |
| Length: | 70km (40miles) |
| Width: | 11km (07miles) |
| Area: | 332km2 |
| Depth: | 51m (167feet) |
| Max-Depth: | 168m (551feet) |
| Volume: | 17.1km3 |
| Elevation: | 341m (1,119feet) |
| Reference: | [1] |
| Other Name: | |
Torneträsk or Torne träsk (in Swedish toːɳɛˈtrɛsːk/;[2] Saami: Sami languages: Duortnosjávri; Finnish and Tornio or Finnish: Torniojärvi) is a lake in Kiruna Municipality, Lapland, Norrbotten County in Sweden, in the Scandinavian Mountains. Träsk is the local word for lake (in Standard Swedish it means "swamp"). It is the sixth-largest lake in Sweden, with a total area of 330km2 and a length of 70km (40miles). The lake drains to the south-east through Torne river. South-west of the lake lies the Abisko National Park and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Laponian area.
Torneträsk originated from the remnant of a glacier, which has given the lake its depth of 168m (551feet), making it the second-deepest lake in Sweden. It is usually ice-covered from December through June, with variations dependent on temperature variations.
Permafrost is common in the land around the lake. This low elevation permafrost is disappearing because of global warming and increased snowfall.[3]
During the 1944 Operation Obviate of WWII, British bombers seeking to destroy the German battleship Tirpitz had their rendezvous over Torneträsk, in violation of Swedish neutrality.
| The lake and Lapporten in the backgroundFile:IORE beim Torneträsk.jpg | IORE train and Torneträsk lakeFile:Abiskojåkka and Torneträsk spring.jpg | Abiskojåkka river and Torneträsk lake at AbiskoFile:Torneträsk view from Abisko Turiststation.JPG | View of Torneträsk lake, frozen, from STF Abisko Turiststation (Jan 2013)File:Reindeers at Lake Torneträsk, Abisko area, Swedish Lapland.jpg | Reindeers at Torneträsk lake, Abisko area, in March 1992File:Torneträsk frozen.JPG | Frozen Torneträsk lake, with people walking and taking pictures on its surface (Jan 2013)File:Torneträsk.jpg | View of Torneträsk, Lapland, around 1900. |