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Chastelhorn

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The Chastelhorn is a 2,973 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Hospental in the canton of Uri. The northern flanks are covered by a glacier named St. Annafirn and a small lake (2,624 metres) lies south of the summit.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Chastelhorn
Mountain.photo
Lucendro.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
The Chastelhorn (background) from Lago di Lucendro
Mountain.elevation_m
2973
Mountain.prominence_m
246
Mountain.parent_peak
Pizzo Centrale
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.location
Uri, Switzerland
Mountain.range
Lepontine Alps

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Located in
Canton of Uri
Elevation
2973
Image
Lucendro.jpg
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topographic prominence
246
parent peak
Pizzo Centrale
topographic isolation
2.25
mountain range
Lepontine Alps
Commons category
Chastelhorn

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The Chastelhorn is a 2,973 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Hospental in the canton of Uri. The northern flanks are covered by a glacier named St. Annafirn and a small lake (2,624 metres) lies south of the summit.

The massif of the Chastelhorn consists of several summits including the Gemsstock (2,961 metres) which is connected to Andermatt by a cable car.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chastelhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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