Mount Pilatus
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 is named Tomlishorn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,119 metres
- Description: mountain massif in central Switzerland
- Also known as: “Pilatus”
- Historically known as: “Fräkmünd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pilatus Kulm station and Klimsenhorn.
Klimsenhorn Chapel on Mount Pilatus
Church
Photo: Martin Abegglen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Klimsenhorn Chapel on Mount Pilatus is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hergiswil and Alpnach.
Hergiswil
Village
Photo: China Crisis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hergiswil is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland. Hergiswil is situated 4 km east of Mount Pilatus.
Alpnach
Village
Photo: Christian Horcel, CC BY 2.0.
Alpnach is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It comprises the villages of Alpnach Dorf, Alpnachstad and Schoried. Alpnach is situated 4½ km south of Mount Pilatus.
Acheregg
Locality
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Acheregg is a locality, which is situated 6 km east of Mount Pilatus.
Mount Pilatus
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Pilatus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Pilatus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيلاتوس”
- Basque: “Pilatus (mendia)”
- Basque: “Pilatus”
- Belarusian: “Пілатус”
- Bulgarian: “Пилатус (планина)”
- Bulgarian: “Пилатус”
- Cebuano: “Pilatus”
- Chinese: “皮拉图斯峰”
- Czech: “Pilatus”
- Danish: “Pilatus”
- Dutch: “Pilatus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيلاتوس”
- Esperanto: “Pilato”
- Finnish: “Pilatus”
- French: “Pilate”
- French: “Pilatus”
- Georgian: “პილატუსი”
- German: “Pilatus”
- Hebrew: “הר פילאטוס”
- Hungarian: “Pilátus-hegy”
- Icelandic: “Pílatus”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Pilatus”
- Indonesian: “Pilatus”
- Italian: “Pilatus”
- Japanese: “ピラトゥス山”
- Javanese: “Gunung Pilatus”
- Korean: “필라투스산”
- Ladin: “Mount Pilatus”
- Latin: “Fractus Mons”
- Lithuanian: “Pilotas”
- Luxembourgish: “Pilatus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pilatus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pilatus-fjellet”
- Norwegian: “Pilatus”
- Persian: “کوه پیلاتوس”
- Polish: “Pilatus”
- Portuguese: “Monte Pilatus”
- Romanian: “Muntele Pilat”
- Russian: “Пилатус”
- Slovenian: “Pilatus (gora)”
- Slovenian: “Pilatus”
- Spanish: “Monte Pilatus”
- Swahili: “Pilatus”
- Swedish: “Pilatus”
- Swiss German: “Pilatus”
- Tosk Albanian: “Pilatus”
- Turkish: “Pilatus Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Пілатус”
- Venetian: “Pilatus”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Esel and Oberhaupt.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Mount Pilatus”. Photo: Johnny Chicago, CC BY-SA 3.0.