Alvier
The Alvier is a mountain in the Appenzell Alps, located halfway between Lake Walen and the Alpine Rhine Valley in canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is one of the main summits of the chain separating the valleys of the rivers Seez and Alpine Rhine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,342 metres
- Description: mountain in the Appenzell Alps
- Also known as: “Alvier (Berg)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gauschla and Fulfirst.
Gauschla
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gauschla is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps, located north of Sargans in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It lies between the Walensee and the Alpine Rhine Valley, and 1 kilometre south-east of the Alvier.
Fulfirst
Peak
Photo: Walter Mittelholzer, Public domain.
The Fulfirst is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps, located north of Flums in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It lies between the Lake Walen and the Alpine Rhine Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oberschan and Berschis.
Sevelen
Village
Photo: Kabelleger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sevelen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Alvier
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Wartau, Werdenberg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.10981° or 47° 6′ 35″ northLongitude
9.41475° or 9° 24′ 53″ eastElevation
2,342 metres (7,684 feet)Open location code
8FVF4C57+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 812886732OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Alvier from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Alvier” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألفير”
- Catalan: “Alvier”
- Cebuano: “Alvier”
- Chinese: “阿爾韋耶山”
- Dutch: “Alvier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الفير”
- French: “Alvier”
- German: “Alvier”
- Italian: “Alvier”
- Ladin: “Alvier”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alvier-fjellet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alvier”
- Persian: “کوه آلویر”
- Polish: “Alvier”
- Spanish: “Alvier”
- Swedish: “Alvier, Schweiz”
- Swedish: “Alvier”
- Uzbek: “Alvier (tog‘)”
- Uzbek: “Alvier”
- Venetian: “Alvier”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alvier and Sauboden.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alvier and Chemmi.
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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 “Alvier”. Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.