Canton of Bern
Interlaken-Oberhasli
Schattenhalb

Grosses Engelhorn

The Grosses Engelhorn is a mountain of the , located west of in the . It is one of the highest summits of the Engelhörner, the chain between the Reichenbachtal and the Urbachtal.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,781 metres
  • Description: mountain in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Engelhörner”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gstellihorn and Gletscherschlucht Rosenlaui.

Peak
The is a mountain of the , located west of in the . It is the highest summit of the Engelhörner, the chain between the Reichenbachtal and the Urbachtal.

Photo: McIntosh Natura, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shelter
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is a shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innertkirchen and Grosse Scheidegg.

Village
Photo: Falk Lademann, CC BY 2.0.
is a village and municipality in the in the canton of Bern in . On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of was merged into the municipality of .

Locality
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The is a mountain pass in the of , The pass crosses the col between the and the mountains at an elevation of 1,962 m.

Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a town in the of Switzerland. with a population in 2020 of 4666. It's a winter sports and mountain hiking resort, best known for the Reichenbach Falls, scene of the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes and his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty.

Grosses Engelhorn

Latitude
46.6721° or 46° 40′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.17998° or 8° 10′ 48″ east
Elevation
2,781 metres (9,124 feet)
Open location code
8FRCM5CH+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1372232556
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6936147
Wiki­data ID
Q5610578
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Grosses Engelhorn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غروسير ينغيلورن”
  • Cebuano: “Grosses Engelhorn”
  • Chinese: “大恩格爾峰”
  • Dutch: “Grosses Engelhorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروسير ينجيلورن”
  • Ladin: “Grosses Engelhorn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grosses Engelhorn”
  • Persian: “گروسس انگلهورن”
  • Swedish: “Grosses Engelhorn”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Engelhornhütte and Dossenbiwak.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Urbachsengelhorn and Engellicken.

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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 “Grosses Engelhorn”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.