Elsighorn
The Elsighorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, overlooking Kandergrund in the Bernese Oberland. Elsighorn has an elevation of 2,341 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,341 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Elsighore”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blausee and Felsenburg.
Blausee
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blausee is a lake in Bernese Oberland, Kandergrund, Switzerland. It is located near the Kander river. The lake has an elevation of 887 metres and an area of 0.64 hectares.
Felsenburg
Castle
Photo: Ba-glauchau, Public domain.
Felsenburg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Kandergrund of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
First
Peak
Photo: Caumasee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The First is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Kandersteg, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. First overlooks of the surrounding alpine landscape, including the peaks of the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitholz and Kandersteg.
Mitholz
Hamlet
Photo: Draemmli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, with 170 inhabitants as of 2020. Blausee-Mitholz is a station on the Lötschberg railway line.
Kandersteg
Kandersteg is a village in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. Located in the heart of the Alps, Kandersteg is the perfect location to explore the mountains and observe the traditional Swiss alpine lifestyle and it is also on the edge of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO world heritage site.
Adelboden
Village
Photo: Barbe-sauvage, CC0.
Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the Bernese Highlands. Adelboden is situated 8 km southwest of Elsighorn.
Elsighorn
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Frutigen, Frutigen-Niedersimmental, Canton of Bern, Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.5347° or 46° 32′ 5″ northLongitude
7.63963° or 7° 38′ 23″ eastElevation
2,341 metres (7,680 feet)Open location code
8FR9GJMQ+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 1381596589OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Elsighorn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Elsighorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يلسيغورن”
- Bulgarian: “Елсигхорн”
- Cebuano: “Elsighorn”
- Chinese: “埃爾西希山”
- Dutch: “Elsighorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل يلسيجورن”
- German: “Elsighorn”
- Ladin: “Elsighorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elsighorn”
- Persian: “السیگورن”
- Swedish: “Elsighorn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Oberi Balma and Hore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Homattihubel and Chilchhore.
Bernese Highlands: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Elsighorn”. Photo: VincensvonBibra, CC BY-SA 4.0.