Chastelhorn
The Chastelhorn is a 2,973 metres high mountain in the Lepontine Alps, overlooking Hospental in the canton of Uri. The northern flanks are covered by a glacier named St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Plattens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gemsstock and Pizzo Centrale.
Gemsstock
Peak
Photo: Zacharie Grossen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named Gurschenfirn lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west.
Pizzo Centrale
Peak
Photo: Bjferstern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pizzo Centrale is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Ticino. At 2,999 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit overlooking Gotthard Pass from the east. Lago della Sella is located on its southern side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hospental and Andermatt.
Hospental
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Andermatt
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Andermatt is a town and ski resort in the canton of Uri, Switzerland. It is located at a crossroad in the Alps with great historical importance. Before the opening of the Gotthard car and train tunnels, a big part of the north–south traffic had to pass through here.
Swiss Alps
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
Chastelhorn
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,973 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Hospental, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.59509° or 46° 35′ 42″ northLongitude
8.59792° or 8° 35′ 53″ eastElevation
2,973 metres (9,754 feet)Open location code
8FRCHHWX+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 12040711143OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Chastelhorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاستيلورن”
- Bulgarian: “Частелхорн”
- Cebuano: “Chastelhorn”
- Chinese: “哈斯特爾山”
- Dutch: “Chastelhorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل شاستيلورن”
- German: “Chastelhorn”
- Ladin: “Chastelhorn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chastelhorn”
- Persian: “شاستلئورن”
- Persian: “شاستلهورن”
- Swedish: “Chastelhorn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gemsstock and Guspis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Annagletscher and Gafallenlücke.
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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 “Chastelhorn”. Photo: Plattens, CC BY-SA 3.0.