Hochstollen
The Hochstollen is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located between the Klein Melchtal and the Melchtal in the canton of Obwalden. The border with the canton of Bern runs south of the summit. The closest locality is Melchsee-Frutt on its east side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,480 metres
- Description: mountain in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Gemsegg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haupt and Seefeldsee.
Haupt
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Haupt is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located between the Klein Melchtal and the Melchtal in the canton of Obwalden. Its east side consists of steep limestone cliffs overlooking Stöckalp and Melchsee-Frutt. On its west side it overlooks the Älggi-Alp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melchsee-Frutt and Lungern.
Melchsee-Frutt
Village
Photo: Cooper, Public domain.
Melchsee-Frutt is a mountain resort village in Switzerland. It is located near the lake Melchsee, in the municipality of Kerns, canton Obwalden.
Lungern
Village
Photo: Zuphilip, Copyrighted free use.
Lungern is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. It encompasses Lake Lungern and, besides the village of Lungern, the settlements of Bürglen, Kaiserstuhl and Obsee.
Meiringen
Photo: Thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Meiringen is a town in the Bernese Highlands 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.
Hochstollen
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kerns, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.77339° or 46° 46′ 24″ northLongitude
8.23852° or 8° 14′ 19″ eastElevation
2,480 metres (8,136 feet)Open location code
8FRCQ6FQ+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 673853425OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Hochstollen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هوشستولين”
- Bulgarian: “Хочстолен”
- Cebuano: “Hochstollen”
- Dutch: “Hochstollen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هوشستولين”
- Ladin: “Hochstollen”
- Persian: “هوخستولن”
- Swedish: “Hochstollen”
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