Täschhorn
The Täschhorn is a mountain in the Pennine range of the Alps in Switzerland. There are no easy mountaineering routes to its summit, and it is regarded as being among the top ten 4,000-metre mountains in the Alps for difficulty, and "one of the highest, finest and least accessible 4000m mountains".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,491 metres
- Description: summit in the Pennine Alps
- Also known as: “Taeschhorn” and “Taschhorn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dom and Alphubel.
Dom
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dom is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between Randa and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a height of 4,546 m, it is the seventh highest summit in the Alps, overall.
Alphubel
Peak
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alphubel is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located between the valleys of Zermatt and Saas in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Allalin Group, a subgroup of the Mischabel Group, which culminates at the Dom.
Lenzspitze
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lenzspitze is a 4,293-metre mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is the southernmost peak on the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south, north of Dom in the Mischabel range, above the resort of Saas Fee to the east, and the Mattertal to the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Randa and Täsch.
Randa
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Randa is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located between the Weisshorn and the Dom in the Matter Valley.
Täsch
Village
Täsch is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located about 5 km north of Zermatt. The local language is Swiss German.
Täschhorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Saas-Fee, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.08343° or 46° 5′ 0″ northLongitude
7.8572° or 7° 51′ 26″ eastElevation
4,491 metres (14,734 feet)Open location code
8FR93VM4+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 359937155OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Täschhorn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Täschhorn”
- Cebuano: “Täschhorn”
- Chinese: “泰施峰”
- Czech: “Täschhorn”
- Dutch: “Taschhorn”
- Dutch: “Täschhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تاستشهورن”
- Esperanto: “Täschhorn”
- Finnish: “Täschhorn”
- French: “Täschhorn”
- Georgian: “ტეშჰორნი”
- German: “Täschhorn”
- Greek: “Τέσχορν”
- Italian: “Täschhorn”
- Japanese: “テッシュホルン”
- Korean: “테시호른”
- Ladin: “Täschhorn”
- Luxembourgish: “Täschhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Täschhorn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Täschhorn”
- Persian: “تاشهورن”
- Polish: “Täschhorn”
- Portuguese: “Täschhorn”
- Russian: “Тешхорн”
- Spanish: “Täschhorn”
- Swedish: “Täschhorn”
- Venetian: “Täschhorn”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹاشہارن”
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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 “Täschhorn”. Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.