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Geisshorn

The Geisshorn is a mountain of the , overlooking the in the canton of . Together with its Northeast-Summit Sattelhorn, it appears as a Doublepeak.
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Photo: Dysmachus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rotstock and Gross Fusshorn.

Peak
The is a mountain of the , overlooking the in the Swiss canton of . It lies on the range between the and the Aletsch Glacier, south of the Geisshorn.

Peak
Photo: Chris.urs-o, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a mountain of the , overlooking the in the canton of . The Fusshörner are a group of peaks located on the south ridge of the . On the east side lies a glacier named Driestgletscher.

Peak
Photo: Paradise Chronicle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mountain in the in , lying within the Jungfrau-Aletsch region, which has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bettmeralp and Riederalp-Bettmeralp.

Village
Photo: Daniel Reust, CC BY 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of and merged into the municipality of .

Photo: Nol Aders, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riederalp and Bettmeralp are two car-free villages in the German-speaking part of the canton of in . They are a few kilometres from each other at 1,900 metres.

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the and the in the . It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.

Geisshorn

Latitude
46.44103° or 46° 26′ 28″ north
Longitude
8.00563° or 8° 0′ 20″ east
Elevation
3,740 metres (12,270 feet)
Open location code
8FRCC2R4+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 344668880
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6697403
Wiki­data ID
Q2487049
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Geisshorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيسورن”
  • Cebuano: “Geisshorn (bukid)”
  • Cebuano: “Geisshorn”
  • Chinese: “蓋斯峰”
  • Dutch: “Geisshorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جيسورن”
  • French: “Geisshorn”
  • Georgian: “გაისჰორნი”
  • Italian: “Geisshorn”
  • Ladin: “Geisshorn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Geisshorn”
  • Persian: “گایشورن”
  • Spanish: “Geisshorn”
  • Swedish: “Geisshorn (berg)”
  • Swedish: “Geisshorn”
  • Venetian: “Geisshorn”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیسہارن”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sattelhorn and Geisslücke.

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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 “Geisshorn”. Photo: Dysmachus, CC BY-SA 3.0.