Eggishorn

The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli (2,893 m), 500 metres south of the main peak.

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Mountain.name: Eggishorn
Mountain.photo: Eggishorn, Berner Alpen, Wallis, Switzerland, from southwest.jpg
Mountain.photo_size: 285
Mountain.photo_caption: Eggishorn viewed from southwest
Mountain.elevation_m: 2927
Mountain.prominence_m: 563
Mountain.listing: Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Mountain.map: Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption: Location in Switzerland
Mountain.parent_peak: Finsteraarhorn
Mountain.location: Valais, Switzerland
Mountain.range: Bernese Alps
Mountain.easiest_route: Aerial tramway

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mountain
Country: Switzerland
Located in: Canton of Valais
Elevation: 2926
Image: 3625 - Eggishorn viewed from Bettmerhorn.JPG

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Commons category: Eggishorn
topographic prominence: 563
parent peak: Finsteraarhorn
topographic isolation: 2.05

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The Eggishorn lies within the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region, which in 2001 was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. On its northern flank is the Aletsch Glacier. From the summit the view extends also to the Lepontine and Pennine Alps (Dom, Matterhorn, Weisshorn).

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