Gross Windgällen
The Gross Windgällen is a 3,187 m high mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. The name Gross Windgällen derives from Gälle or gellen, meaning as much as wailing, shrilling or whistling.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,187 metres
- Description: mountain in the Glarus Alps
- Also known as: “Gross Windgaellen” and “Gross Windgallen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seewlisee and Chli Windgällen.
Seewlisee
Lake
Seewlisee is a lake in Uri, Switzerland at an elevation of 2028 m. Its surface area is 9 ha. The lake lies at the foot of the Gross Windgällen. The lake can be reached by foot in 2–3 hours from the cable car Silenen-Chilcherbergen.
Chli Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Chli Windgällen is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. It lies west of the Gross Windgällen, on the range north of the Maderanertal.
Gross Ruchen
Peak
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
The Gross Ruchen is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the Brunnital south of Unterschächen in the canton of Uri. It is located between the higher Gross Windgallen on the west and the Chli Ruchen on the east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amsteg and Erstfeld.
Erstfeld
Village
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Unterschächen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Unterschächen is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland, situated in the upper Schächental.
Gross Windgällen
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Silenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.8073° or 46° 48′ 26″ northLongitude
8.73216° or 8° 43′ 56″ eastElevation
3,187 metres (10,456 feet)Open location code
8FRCRP4J+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 286930122OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gross Windgällen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غروس فيندغالين”
- Catalan: “Gross Windgällen”
- Cebuano: “Gross Windgällen”
- Chinese: “大温特盖伦峰”
- Dutch: “Gross Windgällen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروس فيندجالين”
- French: “Gross Windgällen”
- German: “Gross Windgällen”
- Italian: “Gross Windgällen”
- Ladin: “Gross Windgällen”
- Macedonian: “Голем Виндгелен”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gross Windgällen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gross Windgällen”
- Polish: “Gross Windgällen”
- Spanish: “Gross Windgällen”
- Swedish: “Gross Windgällen”
- Swiss German: “Gross Windgälle”
- Venetian: “Gross Windgällen”
- Western Panjabi: “گراس ونڈگالن”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vorder Griesstal and Griesstal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oberes Furggeli and Windgällenfirn.
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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 “Gross Windgällen”. Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.