Wasenhorn
The Wasenhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies halfway between Brig and Varzo, just north of Monte Leone, in the Simplon Pass area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,246 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Punta di Terrarossa / Wasenhorn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monte Leone and Monte Leone Hütte.
Monte Leone
Peak
Photo: Capricorn4049, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monte Leone is the highest mountain of the Lepontine Alps and is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. The mountain stands on the extreme west of the Lepontine Alps, a few kilometres east of Simplon Pass.
Monte Leone Hütte
Mountain hut
Photo: Woudloper, Public domain.
Monte Leone Hütte is a mountain hut.
Breithorn
Peak
Photo: Francofranco56, Public domain.
The Breithorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Simplon in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Monte Leone massif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosswald and Simplon.
Rosswald
Village
Rosswald is a car-free village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. It lies in the eastern part of the canton, in the Simplon region, at an altitude of 1,819 metres.
Simplon
Village
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Simplon, earlier known as Simpeln, is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Simplon is situated 8 km south of Wasenhorn.
San Domenico di Varzo
Hamlet
Photo: Awd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Domenico di Varzo is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km east of Wasenhorn.
Wasenhorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ried-Brig, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.26651° or 46° 15′ 59″ northLongitude
8.08591° or 8° 5′ 9″ eastElevation
3,246 metres (10,650 feet)Open location code
8FRC738P+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 944084064OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Wasenhorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فازينورن”
- Cebuano: “Wasenhorn (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa, Canton du Valais, Goms District)”
- Cebuano: “Wasenhorn”
- Chinese: “瓦森峰”
- Dutch: “Wasenhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فازينورن”
- French: “Punta Terrarossa”
- Georgian: “ვაზენჰორნი”
- German: “Punta di Terrarossa”
- German: “Punta Terrarossa”
- German: “Wasenhorn”
- Italian: “Punta di Terrarossa”
- Italian: “Punta Terrarossa”
- Italian: “Wasenhorn”
- Ladin: “Wasenhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wasenhorn i Simplon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wasenhorn”
- Persian: “وازنهورن”
- Polish: “Punta di Terrarossa”
- Spanish: “Wasenhorn”
- Swedish: “Wasenhorn”
- Venetian: “Ponta de Terrarossa”
- Western Panjabi: “سمپلن”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rossetto and Tamatte.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tunnelspitz and Isenwegg.
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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 “Wasenhorn”. Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.