Mettelhorn
The Mettelhorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located near Zermatt in the canton of Valais. The Mettelhorn provides excellent acclimatization opportunities, especially if one climbs its sister peaks Platthorn and Wisshorn on the same day.Photo: WS62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Platthorn and Täsch railway station.
Platthorn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Platthorn is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located south of Grächen in the canton of Valais. It lies north of the Färichhorn and the Balfrin, on the range between the Mattertal and the Saastal.
Täsch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Philipp Gross, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Täsch railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the municipality of Täsch, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It forms part of the Brig-Visp-Zermatt railway, which connects the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp and Brig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Täsch and Sunnegga.
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.
Findeln
Locality
Photo: Zermatt photos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Findeln is a group of hamlets above Zermatt in the canton of Valais. They are located on the south facing slopes of the Sunnegga–Unterrothorn–Oberrothorn mountains.
Mettelhorn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,405 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Zermatt, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.05567° or 46° 3′ 20″ northLongitude
7.74168° or 7° 44′ 30″ eastElevation
3,405 metres (11,171 feet)Open location code
8FR93P4R+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 393167833OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Mettelhorn” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Метелхорн”
- Cebuano: “Mettelhorn”
- Chinese: “梅特爾山”
- Dutch: “Mettelhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ميتيلهورن”
- Finnish: “Mettelhorn”
- French: “Mettelhorn”
- Georgian: “მეტელჰორნი”
- German: “Mettelhorn”
- Ladin: “Mettelhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mettelhorn”
- Spanish: “Mettelhorn”
- Swedish: “Mettelhorn”
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