Moléson
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The Moléson (French: Le Moléson) () is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg. It lies at the northern end of the chain between Lake Geneva and the valley of the Sarine.
Key facts
- Mountain.range
- Vaud Alps
- Mountain.name
- Moléson
- Mountain.photo
- Moleson juin 2008.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2002
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 509
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Rochers de Naye
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Fribourg, Switzerland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Gruyères
- Elevation
- 2002
- Material used
- limestone
- Image
- Moleson from north-east.jpg
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- Commons category
- Le Moléson
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- Moléson
- topographic prominence
- 509
- parent peak
- Rochers de Naye
- topographic isolation
- 4.68
- mountain range
- Fribourg Prealps
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
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The Moléson (French: Le Moléson) () is a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking the region of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg. It lies at the northern end of the chain between Lake Geneva and the valley of the Sarine.
The summit of the mountain can be easily reached, a cable car station being located near the summit at as well as a meteorological station and a restaurant. From the village of Moléson-sur-Gruyères Funiculaire Moléson-sur-Gruyères – Plan-Francey leads to Plan-Francey at , from where the aerial cable car starts. The mountain can also be climbed by a via ferrata and hiking trails.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moléson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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