Niesen
The Niesen is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit of the mountain is 2,362 metres 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.- Peak rising to 2,362 metres (7,749 feet)
- …is also known as “Niesen Kulm”
- Description: mountain in Swiss Alps
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fromberghorn and Drunengalm.
Fromberghorn
Peak
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Drunengalm
Peak
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Mülenen Castle
Castle
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mülenen and Wimmis.
Niesen
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Latitude
46.64619° or 46° 38′ 46″ north
Longitude
7.65237° or 7° 39′ 9″ east
Open location code
8FR9JMW2+FW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Niesen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيسين”
- Basque: “Niesen”
- Bulgarian: “Ниесен”
- Catalan: “Niesen”
- Cebuano: “Niesen”
- Chinese: “尼森峰”
- Dutch: “Niesen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل نيسين”
- Esperanto: “Niesen”
- French: “Niesen”
- Georgian: “ნიზენი”
- German: “Niesen”
- Hebrew: “ניזן”
- Italian: “Niesen”
- Korean: “니젠산”
- Ladin: “Niesen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niesen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Niesen”
- Polish: “Niesen”
- Portuguese: “Monte Niesen”
- Spanish: “Niesen”
- Swedish: “Niesen”
- Swiss German: “Niesä”
- Venetian: “Niesen”
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