Valais
Goms District
Fieschertal

Gletscherhorn

The Gletscherhorn is a mountain of the , located on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . It forms the eastern edge of the Lauterbrunnen Wall, south of the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jungfrau and Ebnefluh.

Peak
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The , at 4,158 meters is one of the main summits of the , located between the northern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between and .

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The , also known as the Äbeni Flue and the Ebenefluh, is a mountain of the , located on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . It lies towards the eastern end of the Lauterbrunnen Wall.

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The is a mountain of the , located on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . It lies 600 m south of the , between the small valley of the Rottal and the Jungfraufirn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch and Stechelberg.

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is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site between the and the in the . It was known as Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn until its name was changed in 2007.

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is a small village in Switzerland located at the base of the mountain in the , part of the district of .

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is a picturesque hamlet in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland. It's perched on a cliff edge looking down into the Weisse Lütschine valley towards , and in 2020 had a population of 130.

Gletscherhorn

Latitude
46.51287° or 46° 30′ 46″ north
Longitude
7.96743° or 7° 58′ 3″ east
Elevation
3,982 metres (13,064 feet)
Open location code
8FR9GX78+4X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 653878066
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6934832
Wiki­data ID
Q674403
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gletscherhorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غليتشيرورن”
  • Cebuano: “Gletscherhorn (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa, Canton du Valais, Goms District)”
  • Cebuano: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Chinese: “格萊奇峰”
  • Czech: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Dutch: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جليتشيرورن”
  • Finnish: “Gletscherhorn”
  • French: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Georgian: “გლეჩერჰორნი”
  • German: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Hebrew: “גלטשרהורן”
  • Italian: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Japanese: “グレッチャーホルン”
  • Korean: “글레처호른”
  • Ladin: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Persian: “گلتشهرن”
  • Polish: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Portuguese: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Spanish: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Swedish: “Gletscherhorn (bergstopp i Schweiz, Valais, Goms District)”
  • Swedish: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Swiss German: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґлетчергорн”
  • Venetian: “Gletscherhorn”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلیٹشرہارن”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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