Valais
Goms District
Obergoms

Gletsch

Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of , located in the upper Rhone valley, called , 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: hamlet in the canton of Valais, Obergoms, Switzerland
  • Postal code: 3999

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kleinwasserkraftwerk Gletsch and Gletsch railway station.

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Railway station
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is a 1,000 mm metre gauge metre gauge railway station serving the village of Gletsch, in the Canton of , .

Mountain saddle
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The is a mountain pass in , crossing the at an elevation of 2,164 metres. The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river , with the upper valley of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oberwald and Obergesteln.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in in the canton of in . It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. is situated 3½ km south of Gletsch.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the district of Goms in the canton of in . was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with and to form the municipality . is situated 6 km southwest of Gletsch.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the district of Goms in the canton of in . The population was 219. was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with and to form the municipality . is situated 8 km southwest of Gletsch.

Gletsch

Latitude
46.56214° or 46° 33′ 44″ north
Longitude
8.36151° or 8° 21′ 41″ east
Elevation
1,763 metres (5,784 feet)
Open location code
8FRCH966+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302840978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2660582
Wiki­data ID
Q637705
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Swiss German—“Gletsch” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “Gletsch”
  • Catalan: “Gletsch”
  • Chinese: “格莱奇”
  • Dutch: “Gletsch”
  • French: “Gletsch”
  • German: “Gletsch”
  • Hebrew: “גלטש”
  • Irish: “Gletsch”
  • Italian: “Gletsch”
  • Swiss German: “Gletsch”
  • “Gletsch”

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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 “Gletsch”. Photo: Alorin, CC BY-SA 4.0.