Eggishorn
The Eggishorn is a mountain in the southeastern part of the Bernese Alps, located north of Fiesch in the Swiss canton of Valais. A cable car station is located on a secondary summit named Fiescherhorli, 500 metres south of the main peak.Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Märjelensee and Aletsch Glacier.
Märjelensee
Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Märjelensee is a lake in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It formed on the eastern side of the Aletsch Glacier in the 19th century.
Aletsch Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km, a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Bettmerhorn
Peak
Photo: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bettmerhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Bettmeralp in the Swiss canton of Valais. The summit can be reached with a 30-minute vertical hike after ascending most of the mountain by cable car from the car free village of Bettmeralp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fieschertal and Fiesch.
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.
Fiesch
Photo: Tobi 87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fiesch is a village in the Swiss Valais. It is the access point for the nearby villages of Fiescheralp, Fieschertal and Bellwald.
Martisberg
Village
Photo: Cal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martisberg is a former municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Martisberg and Betten merged into the new municipality of Bettmeralp.
Eggishorn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,926 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Bettmeralp, Raron District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.43135° or 46° 25′ 53″ northLongitude
8.09423° or 8° 5′ 39″ eastElevation
2,926 metres (9,600 feet)Open location code
8FRCC3JV+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 26862818OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Eggishorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيغيشورن”
- Arabic: “يغيشورن”
- Azerbaijani: “Egişhorn”
- Basque: “Eggishorn”
- Bulgarian: “Егишорн”
- Cebuano: “Eggishorn”
- Chinese: “埃吉斯峰”
- Dutch: “Eggishorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل يجيشورن”
- Esperanto: “Eggishorn”
- Finnish: “Eggishorn”
- French: “Eggishorn”
- Georgian: “ეგისჰორნი”
- German: “Eggishorn”
- Hebrew: “אגיסהורן”
- Italian: “Eggishorn”
- Korean: “에기스호른”
- Korean: “엑기스호른”
- Ladin: “Eggishorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eggishorn”
- Polish: “Eggishorn”
- Swedish: “Eggishorn”
- Venetian: “Eggishorn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Märjela and Fiescheralp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fotopunkt Eggishorn (Skiline) and Fiescherhorli.
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