Hohgwächte
The Hohgwächte is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, situated near Randa in Valais. It belongs to the Mischabel massif and is located west of the Dom and the Festijoch…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,739 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Hohgwachte” and “Hohgwaechte”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dom and Hohberg Glacier.
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.
Hohberghorn
Peak
The Hohberghorn is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It lies towards the northern end of the Nadelgrat, a high-level ridge running roughly north–south, north of the Dom, 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.
Saas-Fee
Photo: Gürkan Sengün, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saas-Fee is the biggest town in the Saas valley in the Swiss canton of Valais. The valley is a destination for winter sport, with the slopes in Saas fee being one of the few places in the region where skiing in summer is possible.
Hohgwächte
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Randa, Visp District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.10364° or 46° 6′ 13″ northLongitude
7.84106° or 7° 50′ 28″ eastElevation
3,739 metres (12,267 feet)Open location code
8FR94R3R+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 566646172OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hohgwächte” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوهغفاشتي”
- Cebuano: “Hohgwächte”
- Dutch: “Hohgwächte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوهجفاشتى”
- French: “Hohgwächte”
- Italian: “Hohgwächte”
- Ladin: “Hohgwächte”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hohgwächte”
- Persian: “هوگوشت”
- Spanish: “Hohgwächte”
- Swedish: “Hohgwächte”
- Venetian: “Hohgwächte”
- Western Panjabi: “ہوہگواشٹے”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as P3733 and P3256.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Festijoch and Festigletscher.
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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 “Hohgwächte”. Photo: Johnw, Public domain.