Chli Windgällen
The Chli Windgällen is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. It lies west of the Gross Windgällen, on the range north of the Maderanertal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,987 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Chli Windgaellen” and “Chli Windgallen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gross Windgällen and Seewlisee.
Gross Windgällen
Peak
Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Gross Windgällen is a 3,187 m high mountain in the Glarus Alps, overlooking the valley of the Reuss in the canton of Uri. The name Gross Windgällen derives from Gälle or gellen, meaning as much as wailing, shrilling or whistling.
Seewlisee
Lake
Seewlisee is a lake in Uri, Switzerland at an elevation of 2028 m. Its surface area is 9 ha. The lake lies at the foot of the Gross Windgällen. The lake can be reached by foot in 2–3 hours from the cable car Silenen-Chilcherbergen.
Golzerensee
Nature reserve
Photo: BraunW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Golzerensee is a lake at Golzeren in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. Its surface area is 5.7 ha. Golzeren is located in the Maderanertal and can be reached by cable car from Bristen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amsteg and Erstfeld.
Erstfeld
Village
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erstfeld is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Chli Windgällen
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Silenen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.7955° or 46° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
8.71583° or 8° 42′ 57″ eastElevation
2,987 metres (9,800 feet)Open location code
8FRCQPW8+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 2442452976OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Chli Windgällen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلي فيندغالين”
- Cebuano: “Chli Windgällen”
- Dutch: “Chli Windgällen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل شلى فيندجالين”
- Ladin: “Chli Windgällen”
- Persian: “خلی ویندگالن”
- Swedish: “Chli Windgällen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Riggstäfeli and Golzern.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Windgällenlücke and Schwarz Horn.
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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 “Chli Windgällen”. Photo: Simonizer, CC BY-SA 2.5.