Mount Pilatus
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Key facts
- Peak
- Tomlishorn
- Elevation
- 2,128.5 m (6,983 ft)
- Prominence
- 585 m (1,919 ft)
- Parent peak
- Brienzer Rothorn
- Isolation
- 16.7 km (10.4 mi)
- Language of name
- German
- Country
- Switzerland
- Cantons
- Nidwalden Obwalden
- Parent range
- Emmental Alps
- Topo map
- Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- First ascent
- 14th century
- Easiest route
- Pilatus Railway (world's steepest cogwheel railway)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of Lucerne
- Elevation
- 2128
- Highest point
- Tomlishorn
- Official website
- www.pilatus.ch/fr
- Image
- Pilatus (mountain).JPG
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- Commons category
- Pilatus
- topographic prominence
- 585
- parent peak
- Brienzer Rothorn
- topographic isolation
- 16.7
- different from
- Pilatus Aircraft
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Encyclopedic overview
Pilatus, also often referred to as Mount Pilatus, is a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne in Central Switzerland. It is composed of several peaks, of which the highest (2,128.5 m [6,983 ft]) is named Tomlishorn.
Geography and transport
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Pilatus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.