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Bishorn

The Bishorn is a mountain in the in , just north of the . The mountain has two distinct summits, separated by a 600-metre easy-angled snow ridge.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pointe Burnaby and Weisshorn.

Peak
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The is the east-summit of the Bishorn. Because of its small prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.

Peak
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a major peak of and the , culminating at 4,505 metres above sea level. It is part of the and is located between the valleys of and Zermatt in the canton of .

Peak
Photo: Simone Arrigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a minor summit on the north ridge in the . Because of its prominence it was included in the enlarged list of alpine four-thousanders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Randa and Zinal.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of in . It is located between the and the Dom in the Matter Valley.

Village
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is a in , located in the municipality of in the canton of . It lies at an elevation of 1,675 metres above sea level in the in the Val de , a valley running from the , north of to the village of Ayer, part of the .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of in . It is located about 5 km north of . The local language is Swiss German. is situated 7 km southeast of Bishorn.

Bishorn

Latitude
46.11792° or 46° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
7.71496° or 7° 42′ 54″ east
Elevation
4,151 metres (13,619 feet)
Open location code
8FR94P97+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 512050064
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6692134
Wiki­data ID
Q30464
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bishorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيسورن”
  • Bulgarian: “Бишорн”
  • Catalan: “Bishorn”
  • Cebuano: “Bishorn”
  • Chinese: “比斯峰”
  • Czech: “Bishorn”
  • Dutch: “Bishorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيسورن”
  • French: “Bishorn”
  • Georgian: “ბისჰორნი”
  • German: “Bishorn”
  • Hungarian: “Bishorn”
  • Italian: “Bishorn”
  • Japanese: “ビスホルン”
  • Korean: “비스호른”
  • Ladin: “Bishorn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bishorn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bishorn”
  • Persian: “بیشورن”
  • Polish: “Bishorn”
  • Portuguese: “Bishorn”
  • Russian: “Бисхорн”
  • Spanish: “Bishorn”
  • Swahili: “Bishorn”
  • Swedish: “Bishorn”
  • Venetian: “Bishorn”
  • Western Panjabi: “بسہارن”

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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 “Bishorn”. Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.