Hohstock
The Hohstock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Belalp in the Swiss canton of Valais. It lies on the range east of the Unterbächhorn, between the valley of the Oberaletsch Glacier and the cirque of Belalp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sparrhorn and Nesthorn.
Sparrhorn
Peak
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The Sparrhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located north of Belalp in the canton of Valais. It lies at the eastern end of the range located south of the Oberaletsch Glacier, west of the Aletsch Glacier. From Belalp a trail leads to its summit.
Nesthorn
Peak
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The Nesthorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps. It is located in the Swiss canton of Valais north of Brig. The mountain lies between the Oberaletsch Glacier on the north and east side and the Gredetschtal on the south side.
Unterbächhorn
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Unterbächhorn is located in the Bernese Alps, southeast of the Nesthorn. The higher Northwest-Peak of the Unterbächhorn lies on the ridge towards Nesthorn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belalp and Blatten bei Naters.
Belalp
Village
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Belalp is a village and ski resort in the Swiss canton of Valais, situated at approximately 2,100 metres above sea level in the municipality of Naters.
Riederalp
Village
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Riederalp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was created in 2003 through the merger of Goppisberg, Greich and Ried-Mörel.
Hohstock
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,225 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Naters, Brig District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.40693° or 46° 24′ 25″ northLongitude
7.96297° or 7° 57′ 47″ eastElevation
3,225 metres (10,581 feet)Open location code
8FR9CX47+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3980816782OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Hohstock” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوهستوك”
- Cebuano: “Hohstock”
- Chinese: “霍施托克山”
- Dutch: “Hohstock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوهستوك”
- German: “Hohstock”
- Ladin: “Hohstock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hohstock”
- Persian: “هاوهستک”
- Swedish: “Hohstock”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Oberaletschhütte and Oberaletsch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hülsenhorn and Sparrhorn.
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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 “Hohstock”. Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.