Grosses Wannenhorn
The Grosses Wannenhorn is a 3906-metre mountain in the Bernese Alps, in the Swiss canton of Valais near the village of Fiesch. It is part of the Walliser Fiescherhörner.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,905 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Gross Wannenhorn” and “Wannehorn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schönbühlhorn and Fiescher Gabelhorn.
Schönbühlhorn
Peak
Photo: Fiesch, Public domain.
The Schönbühlhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Aletsch Glacier in the canton of Valais. It lies on the range south of the Grünhornlücke, that culminates at the Gross Wannenhorn.
Fiescher Gabelhorn
Peak
Photo: Tallin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fiescher Gabelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Konkordiaplatz in the canton of Valais.
Grünhornlücke
Mountain saddle
Photo: Cactus26, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grünhornlücke is a high mountain pass in the eastern Bernese Alps, connecting the Aletsch Glacier and the Fiescher Glacier in the canton of Valais.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch and Fieschertal.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the Valais and the Bernese Highlands in the Swiss Alps. It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.
Fieschertal
Village
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fieschertal is a village and municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fieschertal, the municipality includes the nearby hamlets of Wichul, Zer Flie, and Wirbul. Fieschertal is situated 8 km southeast of Grosses Wannenhorn.
Bellwald
Village
Photo: Wandervogel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellwald is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Bellwald is situated 9 km southeast of Grosses Wannenhorn.
Grosses Wannenhorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Fieschertal, Goms District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.4934° or 46° 29′ 36″ northLongitude
8.09733° or 8° 5′ 50″ eastElevation
3,905 metres (12,812 feet)Open location code
8FRCF3VW+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 26863045OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Grosses Wannenhorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غروس فانينستوك”
- Arabic: “غروس فانينورن”
- Cebuano: “Gross Wannehorn”
- Chinese: “大瓦嫩峰”
- Czech: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- Dutch: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروس فانينورن”
- French: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- French: “Grosses Wannenhorn”
- Georgian: “გროს-ვანენჰორნი”
- German: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- German: “Grosses Wannenhorn”
- Indonesian: “Grosses Wannenhorn”
- Italian: “Wannenhorn”
- Korean: “그로세스 바넨호른”
- Korean: “그로스 바넨호른”
- Ladin: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- Persian: “گروسس واننهورن”
- Polish: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- Spanish: “Gross Wannenhorn”
- Spanish: “Grosses Wannenhorn”
- Swedish: “Gross Wannehorn”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Ванненгорн”
- Venetian: “Wannenhorn”
- Western Panjabi: “گراس واننہارن”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fülbärg and Konkordiahütte.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 3807 and Schönbühlgletscher.
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