Niesen
Sign in to saveThe Niesen is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit of the mountain is in elevation.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Niesen
- Mountain.photo
- Niesen2.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 285
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Niesen from Wimmis
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2362
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 407
- Mountain.isolation_km
- 2.3
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Albristhorn
- Mountain.map
- Switzerland
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Switzerland
- Mountain.location
- Canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Mountain.range
- Bernese Alps
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Niesenbahn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Elevation
- 2362
- Official website
- www.niesen.ch/en
- Image
- Mountain Niesen - View from Merligen Thunersee.jpg
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- Commons category
- Niesen
- topographic prominence
- 407
- parent peak
- Albristhorn
- topographic isolation
- 2.3
- native label
- Niesen
- Commons gallery
- Mount Niesen
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Niesen is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit of the mountain is in elevation.
It overlooks Lake Thun, in the Bernese Oberland region, and forms the northern end of a ridge that stretches north from the Albristhorn and Mannliflue, separating the Simmental and Kandertal valleys.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niesen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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