Agassizhorn

The Agassizhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies just north-west of the Finsteraarhorn, the main summit of the range. The Agassizhorn is the tripoint between the valleys of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, the Unteraar Glacier and the Fiescher Glacier. Because the Lower Grindelwald and Unteraar glaciers drain into the Aar and hence the Rhine and North Sea, whilst the Fiescher glacier drains into the Rhone and hence the Mediterranean Sea, the Sidelhorn lies on the European continental divide.

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Mountain.name: Agassizhorn
Mountain.image: Agassizhorn Finsteraarhorn.jpg
Mountain.image_size: 285
Mountain.image_caption: Agassizhorn (centre) between Fieschergrat (left) and Finsteraarhorn (right)
Mountain.elevation_m: 3947
Mountain.prominence_m: 200
Mountain.parent_peak: Finsteraarhorn
Mountain.range: Bernese Alps
Mountain.location: Bern/Valais, Switzerland
Mountain.map: Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption: Location in Switzerland
Mountain.label_position: right

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mountain
Named after: Louis Agassiz
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Canton of Valais
Elevation: 3947
Image: Agassizhorn Finsteraarhorn.jpg

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Commons category: Agassizhorn
topographic prominence: 200
parent peak: Finsteraarhorn
topographic isolation: 1.380

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Administratively, the summit is shared between the municipalities of Grindelwald, to the north-west, Guttannen, to the north-east, and Fieschertal, to the south. Grindelwald and Guttannen are in the canton of Bern, whilst Fieschertal is in the canton of Valais.

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