Weisshorn
The Weisshorn is a major peak of Switzerland and the Alps, culminating at 4,505 metres above sea level. It is part of the Pennine Alps and is located between the valleys of Anniviers and Zermatt in the canton of Valais.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,505 metres
- Description: mountain in the Pennine Alps
- Also known as: “Weisshorn VS”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grand Gendarme and Bishorn.
Grand Gendarme
Peak
Photo: Simone Arrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grand Gendarme is a minor summit on the Weisshorn north ridge in the Pennine Alps. Because of its prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.
Bishorn
Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bishorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, just north of the Weisshorn. The mountain has two distinct summits, separated by a 600-metre easy-angled snow ridge.
Pointe Burnaby
Peak
The Pointe Burnaby is the east-summit of the Bishorn. Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Randa and Täsch.
Randa
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley.
Täsch
Village
Täsch is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located about 5 km north of Zermatt. The local language is Swiss German.
Zinal
Village
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zinal is a village in Switzerland, located in the municipality of Anniviers in the canton of Valais. It lies at an elevation of 1,675 metres above sea level in the Swiss Alps in the Val de Zinal, a valley running from the Zinal Glacier, north of Dent Blanche to the village of Ayer, part of the Val d'Anniviers. Zinal is situated 8 km northwest of Weisshorn.
Weisshorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Anniviers, Sierre District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.10123° or 46° 6′ 4″ northLongitude
7.71615° or 7° 42′ 58″ eastElevation
4,505 metres (14,780 feet)Open location code
8FR94P28+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 13135951441OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Weisshorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فايسهورن”
- Arabic: “فيشورن”
- Arpitan: “Massela de Compôthanna”
- Arpitan: “Massela de Compouthanna”
- Basque: “Weisshorn”
- Belarusian: “Вайсгорн”
- Bengali: “ভাইসহর্ন”
- Bulgarian: “Вайсхорн”
- Catalan: “Weisshorn”
- Cebuano: “Weisshorn (bukid sa Swisa, Canton du Valais, Sierre District, lat 46,10, long 7,72)”
- Cebuano: “Weisshorn”
- Chinese: “魏斯峰”
- Czech: “Weisshorn”
- Dutch: “Weisshorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فيشورن”
- Esperanto: “Weisshorn”
- Estonian: “Weisshorn”
- Finnish: “Weisshorn”
- French: “Weisshorn”
- Georgian: “ვაისჰორნი”
- German: “Weisshorn”
- Hebrew: “ויסהורן”
- Hungarian: “Weisshorn”
- Italian: “Weisshorn”
- Japanese: “ヴァイスホルン”
- Korean: “바이스호른”
- Ladin: “Weisshorn (Wallis)”
- Ladin: “Weisshorn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Weisshorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Weisshorn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Weisshorn”
- Persian: “وایسهورن”
- Polish: “Weisshorn”
- Portuguese: “Weisshorn”
- Romanian: “Weisshorn”
- Russian: “Вайсхорн”
- Russian: “Вейсгорн”
- Slovak: “Weisshorn”
- Spanish: “Weisshorn”
- Swahili: “Weisshorn”
- Swedish: “Weisshorn”
- Ukrainian: “Вайсгорн”
- Ukrainian: “Вайссгорн”
- Ukrainian: “Вайсхорн”
- Uzbek: “Weisshorn”
- Venetian: “Weisshorn”
- Western Panjabi: “ویسہارن”
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