Rossbodenstock
Rossbodenstock is a mountain peak of the Saint-Gotthard Massif and part of the Lepontine Alps south of the Oberalp Pass. It is 2,836 metres high; its peak is located on the border between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden, which follows the ridge from north to south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sources of the Rhine and Tomasee.
Sources of the Rhine
Spring
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Lake Toma in the Swiss canton of Grisons is generally regarded as the Source of the River Rhine. The lake's outflow, the Rein da Tuma, subsequently becomes the Anterior Rhine, which later confluences with the Posterior Rhine to form the Rhine.
Tomasee
Lake
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Lake Toma is a lake at the northern face of Piz Badus, above the village of Tschamut in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 2.5 ha.
Badus
Peak
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Piz Badus or Six Madun is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, lying on the border between the cantons of Uri and Graubünden. In its northwestern face, which is the Graubünden side, lies Tomasee, source of the Anterior Rhine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tschamut and Göschenen.
Göschenen
Village
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Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site.
Hospental
Village
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Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Rossbodenstock
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,837 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Andermatt, Uri, Canton of Uri, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.6352° or 46° 38′ 7″ northLongitude
8.65094° or 8° 39′ 3″ eastElevation
2,837 metres (9,308 feet)Open location code
8FRCJMP2+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 286930127OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rossbodenstock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rossbodenstock (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa, lat 46,64, long 8,65)”
- Cebuano: “Rossbodenstock”
- Chinese: “羅斯博登施托克山”
- Dutch: “Rossbodenstock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل روسبودينستوك”
- French: “Rossbodenstock”
- German: “Rossbodenstock”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rossbodenstock”
- Persian: “راسبودنستاک”
- Swedish: “Rossbodenstock”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Älplilücke and Parlet.
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