Grieshorn
The Grieshorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. With an altitude of 2,969 metres above sea level, it is the culminating point of the group lying between the Gries Pass, the San Giacomo Pass and the Nufenen Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,967 metres
- Description: mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy
- Also known as: “Corno Gries / Grieshorn” and “Mont Gries”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Klein Grieshorn and Gries Pass.
Klein Grieshorn
Peak
Photo: Olonia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Klein Grieshorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the Swiss-Italian border. The summit is the tripoint between the cantons of Valais, Ticino and the region of Piedmont.
Gries Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gries Pass is a 2,469-metre-high mountain pass between Valais, Switzerland, and Formazza, Italy. There is no road over the pass, from Nufenen Pass the paved road ends and a bridle path leads over to the Italian side.
Nufenenstock
Peak
The Nufenestock is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Valais and Ticino. It lies between the Nufenen Pass and the Passo del Corno. On its south-west side it overlooks the lake of Gries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riale and Frua.
Grieshorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Formazza, Verbania, Piedmont, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
46.45165° or 46° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
8.3929° or 8° 23′ 34″ eastElevation
2,967 metres (9,734 feet)Open location code
8FRCF92V+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1244933216OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Grieshorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غريشورن”
- Cebuano: “Corno Gries (bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Corno Gries”
- Chinese: “格里斯山”
- Dutch: “Grieshorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جريشورن”
- German: “Grieshorn”
- Italian: “Corno Gries”
- Ladin: “Grieshorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Corno Gries”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grieshorn”
- Persian: “گریشورن”
- Spanish: “Grieshorn”
- Venetian: “Corno Gries”
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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 “Grieshorn”. Photo: Olonia, CC BY-SA 3.0.