Bristen
Sign in to saveThe Bristen () is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss and located to the south of Amsteg in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. The mountain is located about north of Piz Giuv and the border with the canton of Grisons (). The Bristen is considered one of the main landmarks of the canton of Uri.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Bristen
- Mountain.photo
- Golzern.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View from Golzern
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3073
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 567
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Piz Giuv
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland#Canton of Uri
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland##Location in the canton of Uri
- Mountain.label_position
- bottom
- Mountain.region_type
- Canton
- Mountain.region
- Uri
- Mountain.country
- Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Glarus Alps
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Uri
- Elevation
- 3073
- Image
- Bristenstocka.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bristen
- topographic prominence
- 567
- parent peak
- Piz Giuv
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geographic setting and description
- Geology
- See also
- References
- External links
The Bristen () is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss and located to the south of Amsteg in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. The mountain is located about north of Piz Giuv and the border with the canton of Grisons (). The Bristen is considered one of the main landmarks of the canton of Uri.
==Geographic setting and description== The Bristen is located about to the south of the village also called Bristen in the Maderanertal and about four kilometers north of Piz Giuv, with the Portlilücke () in between.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bristen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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