Säntis
At 2,501.9 metres above sea level, Säntis is the highest mountain in the Alpstein massif of northeastern Switzerland. It is also the culminating point of the whole Appenzell Alps, between Lake Walen and Lake Constance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,502 metres
- Description: peak in northeastern Switzerland
- Also known as: “Saentis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Säntis transmitter and Blau Schnee.
Säntis transmitter
Tower
Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Säntis transmitter is a 123.5 m high transmitting station on the summit of the 2,502 m high Säntis mountain in Switzerland. It is operated by Swisscom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meglisalp communal alp, Maria zum Schnee chapel, alpine buildings and inn and Wildhaus.
Meglisalp communal alp, Maria zum Schnee chapel, alpine buildings and inn
Hamlet
Meglisalp communal alp, Maria zum Schnee chapel, alpine buildings and inn is a hamlet.
Wildhaus
Village
Wildhaus is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.
Unterwasser
Village
Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur.
Säntis
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.24944° or 47° 14′ 58″ northLongitude
9.34324° or 9° 20′ 36″ eastElevation
2,502 metres (8,209 feet)Open location code
8FVF68XV+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 26864510OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Säntis from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Säntis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سانتيس”
- Basque: “Säntis”
- Belarusian: “Зэнтыс”
- Catalan: “Säntis”
- Cebuano: “Säntis”
- Chinese: “森蒂斯峰”
- Czech: “Säntis”
- Dutch: “Säntis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سانتيس”
- Esperanto: “Säntis”
- Finnish: “Säntis”
- French: “Mont Säntis”
- French: “Säntis”
- Georgian: “სენტისი”
- German: “Säntis”
- Hungarian: “Säntis”
- Italian: “Säntis”
- Japanese: “ゼンティス山”
- Korean: “젠티스”
- Ladin: “Säntis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Säntis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Säntis”
- Norwegian: “Säntis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Säntis”
- Persian: “کوه سنتیس”
- Polish: “Säntis”
- Portuguese: “Säntis”
- Russian: “Зентис”
- Slovenian: “Säntis”
- Spanish: “Säntis”
- Swahili: “Santis”
- Swedish: “Säntis”
- Swiss German: “Säntis”
- Tosk Albanian: “Säntis”
- Turkish: “Säntis”
- Ukrainian: “Зентіс”
- Uzbek: “Säntis”
- Venetian: “Säntis”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Säntis”. Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.