Bürgenstock
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The Bürgenstock () is a mountain in Switzerland with an elevation of above sea level, situated beside Lake Lucerne. Since the late 19th century, the Bürgenstock is the site of a large hotel and conference centre, today known as Bürgenstock Resort, situated some above Lake Lucerne.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Bürgenstock
- Mountain.photo
- Buergenstock vidita el la Pilato-Aertelfero 100.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Bürgenstock (centre-right) from Pilatus
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1,128
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 683
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 5.2
- Mountain.range
- Urner Alps
- Mountain.location
- Cantons of Nidwalden and Lucerne, Switzerland
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.easiest_route
- elevator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Stansstad
- Elevation
- 1127.8
- Image
- Prise de vue de Vitznau 01 - Bürgenstock.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bürgenstock
- topographic prominence
- 670
- topographic isolation
- 5.27
- mountain range
- Uri Alps
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geographical situation
- Geology
- Tourism
- See also
- References
- External links
The Bürgenstock () is a mountain in Switzerland with an elevation of above sea level, situated beside Lake Lucerne. Since the late 19th century, the Bürgenstock is the site of a large hotel and conference centre, today known as Bürgenstock Resort, situated some above Lake Lucerne.
== Etymology == When viewed from Lucerne, the Bürgenstock has the typical mountain shape of a Stock. In the German-speaking part of Switzerland, the term Stock is used for a number of mountains whose shape of summits are clearly set off from the bulk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bürgenstock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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