Gwächtenhorn
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The Gwächtenhorn is a 3,420 metres high mountain in the Urner Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. It overlooks the Stein Glacier and the Susten Pass on its north side (Bern) and the Chelen Glacier on its south side (Uri).
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Gwächtenhorn
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View from near Susten Pass with the Stein Glacier on its left side
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3420
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 218
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Dammastock
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Uri/Bern, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Urner Alps
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Uri
- Elevation
- 3420
- Image
- GwaechtenhornFormN.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gwächtenhorn
- topographic prominence
- 218
- parent peak
- Dammastock
- mountain range
- Uri Alps
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The Gwächtenhorn is a 3,420 metres high mountain in the Urner Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and Uri. It overlooks the Stein Glacier and the Susten Pass on its north side (Bern) and the Chelen Glacier on its south side (Uri).
Being covered by snow from the summit to the bottom, the north side of the Gwächtenhorn is much appreciated by skiers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwächtenhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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