Bifertenstock
The Bifertenstock, or Romansh: Piz Durschin), is a mountain in the Glarus Alps, located at an elevation of 3,419 m on the border between the cantons of Glarus and Grisons; its peak, however, is located about 25 metres south of the border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jo in Riederalp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grünhornhütte and Biferten Glacier.
Biferten Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Jo in Riederalp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Biferten Glacier is a 4-kilometre-long glacier situated in the Glarus Alps in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 2.81 square kilometres. The glacier is located east of the Tödi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schlans and Trun.
Schlans
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schlans is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipality of Schlans merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Trun.
Trun
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trun is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. The municipality of Schlans merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Trun.
Rabius
Village
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rabius is the largest village in the municipality of Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a station on the Disentis - Reichenau line of the Rhaetian Railway. Rabius is situated 8 km south of Bifertenstock.
Bifertenstock
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,418 metres
- Description: mountain in the Glarus Alps
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.80428° or 46° 48′ 15″ northLongitude
8.95752° or 8° 57′ 27″ eastElevation
3,418 metres (11,214 feet)Open location code
8FRCRX35+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1185812591OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Bifertenstock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيفيرتينستوك”
- Catalan: “Bifertenstock”
- Cebuano: “Bifertenstock”
- Chinese: “比弗滕施托克山”
- Dutch: “Bifertenstock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيفيرتينستوك”
- French: “Bifertenstock”
- German: “Bifertenstock”
- German: “Piz Durschin”
- Indonesian: “Bifertenstock”
- Italian: “Bifertenstock”
- Italian: “Piz Durschin”
- Ladin: “Bifertenstock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bifertenstock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bifertenstock”
- Norwegian: “Bifertenstock”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bifertenstock”
- Persian: “بیفرتنستوک”
- Polish: “Bifertenstock”
- Romansh: “Piz Durschin”
- Slovenian: “Bifertenstock”
- Spanish: “Bifertenstock”
- Swedish: “Bifertenstock”
- Venetian: “Bifertenstock”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grünhorn and Schneeruus.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barcun Frisal Sura and Bifertenlüggi.
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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 “Bifertenstock”. Photo: Jo in Riederalp, CC BY-SA 3.0.