Piz Urlaun
Piz Urlaun is a mountain of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Glarus and Grisons. It lies on the ridge between the Tödi and the Bifertenstock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Tödi and Biferten Glacier.
Tödi
Peak
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The Tödi, is a mountain massif and with the mountain peak Piz Russein the highest mountain in the Glarus Alps and the highest summit in the canton of Glarus, Switzerland.
Biferten Glacier
Glacier
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The Biferten Glacier is a 4-kilometre-long glacier situated in the Glarus Alps in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 2.81 square kilometres. The glacier is located east of the Tödi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabius and Trun.
Rabius
Village
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Rabius is the largest village in the municipality of Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a station on the Disentis - Reichenau line of the Rhaetian Railway.
Trun
Village
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Trun is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of the Grisons in Switzerland. The municipality of Schlans merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Trun. Trun is situated 8 km southeast of Piz Urlaun.
Schlans
Village
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Schlans is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipality of Schlans merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Trun. Schlans is situated 8 km southeast of Piz Urlaun.
Piz Urlaun
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,358 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sumvitg, Surselva Region, Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.79648° or 46° 47′ 47″ northLongitude
8.92828° or 8° 55′ 42″ eastElevation
3,358 metres (11,017 feet)Open location code
8FRCQWWH+H8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1185812590OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Piz Urlaun” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Piz Urlaun”
- Chinese: “烏爾勞恩峰”
- Dutch: “Piz Urlaun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيز ورلاون”
- French: “Piz Urlaun”
- German: “Piz Urlaun”
- Italian: “Piz Urlaun”
- Ladin: “Piz Urlaun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Piz Urlaun”
- Persian: “پیز اورلاون”
- Polish: “Piz Urlaun”
- Swedish: “Piz Urlaun”
- Venetian: “Piso Urlaun”
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