Fletschhorn
The Fletschhorn is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between the Saas Valley and the Simplon Valley, in the canton of Valais. It lies in the Weissmies group, north of the Lagginhorn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Lagginhorn and Senggchuppa.
Lagginhorn
Peak
Photo: Engie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lagginhorn, also known as Laquinhorn or ts Lagg'ii, is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies a few kilometres north of the slightly higher Weissmies and also close to the slightly lower Fletschhorn on the north.
Senggchuppa
Peak
Photo: Wandervogel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Senggchuppa is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of the Simplon Pass in the canton of Valais. It lies north of the Fletschhorn-Lagginhorn-Weissmies group, the range lying between the Saastal and the Val Divedro.
Inner Rothorn
Peak
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY 4.0.
The Inner Rothorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Saas-Balen in the canton of Valais. It lies on the ridge descending from the Fletschhorn, which ends at the Jegihorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simplon and Saas-Grund.
Simplon
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Simplon, earlier known as Simpeln, is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Saas-Grund
Village
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Saas-Grund is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies east of Lenzspitze and Dom.
Zwischbergen
Village
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Zwischbergen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Zwischbergen is situated 9 km east of Fletschhorn.
Fletschhorn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,985 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Saas-Balen, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.16711° or 46° 10′ 2″ northLongitude
8.0025° or 8° 0′ 9″ eastElevation
3,985 metres (13,074 feet)Open location code
8FRC5282+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1373133845OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Fletschhorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فليستشورن”
- Bulgarian: “Флецчхорн”
- Cebuano: “Fletschhorn”
- Chinese: “弗萊奇峰”
- Czech: “Fletschhorn”
- Dutch: “Fletschhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فليستشورن”
- Finnish: “Fletschhorn”
- French: “Fletschhorn”
- Georgian: “ფლეჩჰორნი”
- German: “Fletschhorn”
- Italian: “Fletschhorn”
- Ladin: “Fletschhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fletschhorn”
- Persian: “فلتشورن”
- Polish: “Fletschhorn”
- Swedish: “Fletschhorn”
- Venetian: “Fletschhorn”
- Western Panjabi: “فلیٹشہارن”
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