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Oberalpstock

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The Oberalpstock or Piz Tgietschen is a mountain in the Glarus Alps between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. Its massif separates the valleys of Maderanertal (Uri) and Surselva near Sedrun (Graubündnen).

Key facts

Mountain.name
Oberalpstock
Mountain.other_name
Piz Tgietschen
Mountain.photo
Oberalpstock east view.jpg
Mountain.photo_size
285
Mountain.photo_caption
Oberalpstock from east
Mountain.elevation_m
3328
Mountain.prominence_m
709
Mountain.isolation_km
12.7
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.parent_peak
Tödi
Mountain.map
Switzerland
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Switzerland
Mountain.location
Graubünden/Uri, Switzerland
Mountain.range
Glarus Alps

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Located in
Canton of Uri
Elevation
3328
Image
Oberalpstock.jpg
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Commons category
Oberalpstock
topographic prominence
709
parent peak
Tödi
topographic isolation
12.7
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The Oberalpstock or Piz Tgietschen is a mountain in the Glarus Alps between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. Its massif separates the valleys of Maderanertal (Uri) and Surselva near Sedrun (Graubündnen).

The Oberalpstock is the highest summit of the Glarus Alps west of the Tödi, and also the highest mountain in the canton of Uri east of the Reuss.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberalpstock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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