Schijen
Schijen is a peak in Andermatt, Uri and has an elevation of 2,579 metres. Schijen is situated nearby to the locality Pazola, as well as near Böden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rossbodenstock and Sources of the Rhine.
Rossbodenstock
Peak
Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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.
Sources of the Rhine
Spring
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tschamut and Göschenen.
Göschenen
Village
Photo: Jan K, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hospental is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
Schijen
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,579 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Andermatt, Uri, Canton of Uri, Central Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.64062° or 46° 38′ 26″ northLongitude
8.6466° or 8° 38′ 48″ eastElevation
2,579 metres (8,461 feet)Open location code
8FRCJJRW+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 11516064515OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Schijen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Schijen (tumoy sa bukid sa Swisa, Kanton Uri, Uri, lat 46,64, long 8,65)”
- Cebuano: “Schijen”
- Swedish: “Schijen”
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Localities in the Area
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